Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of colo…

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Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy? ✨ bell hooks (2012). Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations, p.239, Routledge
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