Making Space Incredible Is An Act Of Love For Our Communities Summary

In both “Values: Living by a Love Ethic” and “Making Space Accessible Is An Act of Love for Our Communities”, Piepzna-Samarasinha and bell hooks urge for a more loving and accepting society. The author, bell hooks, discusses the disconnection between thought and action as well as how spreading more love can radically change the world. Piepzna-Samarasinha, in “Making Space Accessible Is An Act of Love for Our Communities”, urges for more people to be willing to make spaces more accessible for people with disabilities. Through adopting a love ethic, Piepzna-Samarasinha and bell hooks believe that society can become a more welcoming place for all groups of people.
Both authors discuss faults in today's society and how adopting a love ethic can

In "Making Space Accessible Is An Act of Love for Our Communities”, the author states, “Love in full inclusion, in centrality, in not being forgotten. Being loved for our disabilities, our weirdness, not despite them” (Piepzna-Samarasinha 3). By making public spaces more accommodating for people with disabilities, able-bodied people are showing that disabled people are welcomed there. To Piepzna-Samarasinha, this is an act of love because one is taking the action to make others feel completely comfortable in every space. The author calls this “disability justice” (Piepzna-Samarasinha 2) because it makes people with disabilities feel just as welcomed and loved as people without disabilities. Working towards disability justice is an act of love and community care because it proves that society cares about everyone, regardless of who they are as a person. The author, bell hooks, also believes that by

Life becomes more fulfilling and joyous if people choose to love and care for one another every day. In “Values: Living by a Love Ethic”, bell hooks states, “Our souls feel this lack when we act unethically, behaving in ways that diminish our spirits and dehumanize others” (hooks 2). By acting unethically, one is not only damaging their own soul, but also hurting others around them. I believe this to be true because whenever I think I hurt someone's feelings, I feel bad about myself. Bell hooks believes that spreading love and care throughout a person's community can better society as a whole. However, there is also a fear connected to adopting a love ethic. Many are afraid of challenging the status quo, which prevents society from progressing. This fear must be faced, according to hooks, stating, “Society’s collective fear of love must be faced if we are to lay claim to a love ethic that can inspire us and give us the courage to make necessary changes” (hooks 4). Some of society's greatest faults cannot be changed without a global acceptance of love. Individuals suffer from repressive governments every day and according to bell hooks, that