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White Tears / Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
19 reviews
wanderlust_romance's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Sexual violence, Slavery, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Racism, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, and Sexism
maddie_can_read's review against another edition
4.75
I thought the beginning was very strong, the discussion of archetypes and their history, the inclusion of modern and historical examples, and including the perspectives of different women.
I think the structure of the book might have been improved by having more chapters that were shorter. And some of the chapters did not seem as strong as others and some chapters could've been a bit tighter.
‘White’ is better understood as an indication of racial privilege: who is considered white is less about how pale they are (many Arabs have fair skin) and more about whether they are the right kind of pale. Whiteness is more than skin colour.
White women can oscillate between their gender and their race, between being the oppressed and the oppressor. Women of colour are never permitted to exist outside of these constraints: we are both women and people of colour and we are always seen and treated as such.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexual violence, Violence, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexism, Confinement, Islamophobia, and Racial slurs
kelleykamanda's review
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Gaslighting, Slavery, Racial slurs, Genocide, War, Sexual violence, Racism, Xenophobia, and Death
Moderate: Islamophobia and Murder
Minor: Trafficking, Rape, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Forced institutionalization
booknerderika's review
5.0
Hamad so eloquently put into words the struggles women of color have to deal with. She also provides historical evidence as to the inception of the racist caricatures created by white people and their racist behaviors towards people of color.
Graphic: Child abuse, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Hate crime, Murder, Sexual assault, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Bullying, Sexism, Slavery, and Toxic friendship
leahkarge's review
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Islamophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Trafficking, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Torture, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, War, and Xenophobia
lizziaha's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Colonisation, Genocide, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Sexism, Islamophobia, Rape, and Religious bigotry
bookishmillennial's review
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, Islamophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Racism, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence
ellaniji's review
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Classism, Genocide, Homophobia, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, Slavery, Sexism, Rape, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Body shaming, and Racism
Since this book is about white feminism, rasism and sexism are central in this book.jessthanthree's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Slavery, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Islamophobia, and Medical trauma
Minor: Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Genocide
stephmcoakley's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Xenophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, Torture, Deportation, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Trafficking, and War