Write a one (1) page paper with clearly defined terms, topic, and developed thesis in which you comment on how you see this model of black masculinity embodied in one or more of the works we have looked at thus far

In her essay, “Plantation Patriarchy,” (Ch. 1 from We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity) cultural critic bell hooks states that “The image of black masculinity that emerges from slave narratives is one of hardworking men who longed to assume full patriarchal responsibilities for families and kin. This testimony shows that enslaved black males were socialized by white folks to believe that they should endeavor to become patriarchs by seeking to attain the freedom to provide for and protect black women, to be benevolent patriarchs” (3).

Write a one (1) page paper with clearly defined terms, topic, and developed thesis in which you comment on how you see this model of black masculinity embodied in one or more of the works we have looked at thus far.