Both Adrienne Rich and bell hooks speak of a similar discrimination. While Rich's essay is a commencement speech for graduates of Smith college for women, hooks' essay reflects on her personal experiences as a young black woman from a small town who was educated at a prestigious university. ... This is one aspect in which I agree with Rich. ... So, I agree with Rich's previous statement, but there is one statement that I totally disagree with. ... While Adrienne Rich writes mainly about gender discrimination, bell hooks talks about how her life has changed since she atte...

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by Adrienne Rich. ... By Adrienne Rich. Rich focus more on the women in society. ... She talks about women knowing their history mostly women in history, Rich states, "The ideology of the education you have just spent years been is entirely the ideology of white male supremacy a construct it represent half of humanities". ...

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In reading, "Claiming an Education," by Adrienne Rich, she speaks about how in college women should be taken seriously. ... " Rich, A. (1977, January 1). Rich also says in her speech, "It means that you refuse to sell your talents and aspirations short, simply to avoid conflict and confrontation." Rich, A. (1977, January 1). ...

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Works written by John Newman, Adrienne Rich, Inge Bell, and Paulo Freire all somehow illustrate the authors" individual view on education and its problems. All authors, through different points and ideas, offer differing opinions on liberal arts educations. Though not all of their viewpoints are t...

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