kMO Hooks

The concept that there is pleasure to be found in racial difference is one that is echoed throughout our society in many different ways.. Hooks states, "Cultural taboos about sexuality and desire are transgressed and made explicit as the media bombards folks with a message difference no longer based on the white supremacist assumption that 'blondes have more fun.' The real fun is to be had by bringing to the surface those 'nasty' unconscious fantasies and longings about contact with the other embedded in the secret (not so secret) deep structure of white supremacy." Hooks describes these desires as "interest in the primitive". Due to this the ideologies explored through her writing are on target and remain of interest even today. In my opinion Hooks uses this type of terminology in order to acknowledge "interlocking systems of domination" and address all forms of racism at once (considering they are simultaneously occurring).

Hooks repeatedly refers to exotica is a term which (undeniably) was given by the "superior race". On numerous different websites exotic was listed as something 'uncommon'. I found a blog on yahoo.com that discussed similar topics. I felt that this answer was most relative to hooks understanding of the word...

"I've heard exotic, doesn't neccessarily mean beautiful. Other times, I've heard exotic means a different unique type of beauty. When I think of a face that looks exotic, I think of someone who resembles animals from the jungle"...