Bell Hooks, whose government name is Gloria Watkins is a author, cultural critic, and feminist theorist that hails from Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Over the past decade she has written plenty of novels that aroused the souls of many African-Americans. Salvation: black people in love is one of her most recent attempts to educate black people on the importance of love, which she claims is what black people today are missing. I can see that her views …showed first 75 words of 1503 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1503 total…go by what the media says, and to not ever think one dimensionally when it comes to judging one of your own kind. I believe that Tupac Amaru Shakur has had a positive influence on myself and young black males today because through his music and writings he was able to teach young black males to respect people like they would want to be respected, to constantly search for knowledge, and to always have self-esteem.