the art of essentialism

Today  I was tasked with reading a particularly difficult piece written by Bell Hooks on the topic of experience and essiantialism in the classroom. This writing focused on two perspectives. That of Bell hooks, and that of Dianna Fuss, on the issue of Essiantalism. Now from hearing both sides of the table, it seems to me that I am able to get a solid understanding of Essiantalism. In this context, Essiantialism seems to be the need for someone to be heard, to have voice, to be "essential" to a discussion or, on a much broader scale, a society. Now this piece argued back and forth on whether the essiantialism of "marginalized groups" such  as young black students, was more detrimental to those around it than it was beneficial. Hooks had a contradictory view of Fuss that the voices of those marginalized groups were indeed necessary and more over, justified. Fuss discussed how some of the members of said groups can have what seemed to be described as a warped sense of reality. In other words, it seemed that they thought because they were in the same group of people in some topics of race, discrimination, sexism, their ideas were indeed needed to be heard when in reality, at least in the mind of Fuss, they were not. This was an example of "experience" in that those marginalized groups thought because they shared with those of adversity, they were entitled to share. Fuss disagrees with that. Hooks countered that argument with providing the example of how that happens every day with unmarginalized groups such as the "white majority". She sites how those students feel that they are entitled have their ideas heard and thrive of the sense of superiority. Because of this, Hooks concluded that all students should have the right to demonstrate their piece of essiantalism.