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togetherformingameltingpotoftheirdifferencesThisisseeninbellhooks,ARevolutionofValues:The PromiseofMulti-CulturalChangewhenshetalksaboutthedesegregationofherhighschool.Inthisshetalks aboutherbestfriendKenwhowasawhitemaleandtookriskstobefriendherThisessaytalksaboutthestruggles ofbeingAfrican-AmericanandafemaleduringaroughpointinAmericanhistory,butwhatbellhooksreally wantsthereadertounderstand,istheimportanceoffriendship

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caseuntiltheyultimatelyrealizedtheirpowerlessnessinthesituationandherfriendchangedseats.Afterbeing seatedwiththewhitemanhooksstates,"Iamshoutingathimthatitisnotaquestionofblame,thatthemistake wasunderstandable,butthatthewayKwastreatedwascompletelyunacceptable,thatitreflectedbothracismand sexism"(hooks9).Thereisnodoubtthatraceandgenderplayedaroleinthisincident.Hadthisissueinvolvedall whitementhentheflightattendantswould

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