At the same time hooks concedes that violence played a pivotal role in the advocacy of Stokely Carmichael and other black advocates. The problems with black violence, as she sees it, are that it echoes patriarchal, sexist messages of masculinity, it is often experienced within the family and between members of the same race, and that it is often the expression of a more insidious rage. "To end our cultural fascination with violence, and our imposition onto men in general and black men in particular ... we must choose a partnership model that posits interbeing as the principle around which to organize family and community."
At the same time, hooks concedes that aggression played a pivotal role in the advocacy of Stokely Carmichael and other black advocates. The problems with this type of aggression, as she sees it, are that it echoes patriarchal, sexist messages of masculinity, it is often experienced within families and between members of the same race, and that it is often the expression of a more insidious anger. "To end our cultural fascination with violence, and our imposition onto men in general and black men in particular ... we must choose a partnership model that posits interbeing as the principle around which to organize family and community."