"在贝尔(Bell Jr. Derrick A.)看来,“紧盯着战利品”不是指种族平等这个战利品,因为如果一直去期待一件已经赢来但永远也不会真正到手的战利品,只会令人“沮丧和泄气”。具有讽刺意味的是,种族平等这种信念——种族平等这种东西,现在没有,过去没有实现,将来也不会出现——往往会让那些需要继续战斗的人们变得情绪冷漠或道德瘫痪。贝尔心中的战利品是,在直接面对种族主义现实以及与各种形式的种族主义作斗争的过程中,强化人性和取得道义上的“胜利”,绝不幻想白人的权力结构会被彻底拆除。"
"Thus, there is no history, in the traditional sense of the term. There are only representations of history."
"In the new historical examples, the focus is on how the literary text itself functions as a historical discourse interacting with other historical discourses: those circulating at the time and place in which the text is set, at the time the text was published, or at later points in the history of th"
"The answer, at least in part, is that the American dream, much like the state lotteries or the big-bucks sweepstakes that are its latest incarnation, opens the possibility that anyone can win, and ,like gambling addicts, we cling to that posibility."
"rendering French feminism vulnerable to ridicule and dismissal, which is rather ironic given that the work of many leading American theorists is often rather abstract."