Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

White Tears / Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad

8 reviews

kelleykamanda's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Incredible, insightful, timely, and accessible- highly recommend 

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Content Warnings

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

leahkarge's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Slavery, Racism, Genocide, Violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Death, Islamophobia, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: War, Torture, and Classism

Eugenics, Colorism, Blackface, White supremacy, Lynching

emilia_digi's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Slavery, War, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Violence, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Child death, Racism, Rape, and Sexism

vaniavela's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

The book is deep, to-the-point, and exhaustive, explaining the ways in which white women oppress women of color. It also does a wonderful job outlining how white women's vulnerability is both a weakness (under white patriarchy) and a weapon (against people of color)

While I recommend it to all people, I warn you: this is not an easy book. It will call you on your heels and grab your attention. Feeling uncomfortable? Perfect, that's the point. 

It focuses on Arab, Native American, Black, Asian (especially East Asian) and Latina women. I found it to be an appropriate mix of historical elements, background, the modern day, and personal experiences. In addition, the chapters are linked in a logical and understandable manner.   

I found this book to be exceptionally well-researched and comprehensive. I encourage you to read this wonderful work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery, Police brutality, and Cultural appropriation

lucilaroife's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

sunnyreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Islamophobia, Slavery, Violence, and Police brutality

caseythereader's review

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Thanks to Catapult for the free copy of this book. 

Taking us from the slave era, when white women fought in court to keep their slaves, through the centuries of colonialism, when they offered a soft face for brutal tactics, to the modern workplace, WHITE TEARS/BROWN SCARS tells a charged story of white women’s active participation in campaigns of oppression. It offers a long overdue validation of the experiences of women of color. (via Goodreads)

If you've read the basic-level antiracism books, WHITE TEARS/BROWN SCARS is your next step.

This book digs into the many shifting ways white women have used their image of being "damsels in distress" order to protect white supremacy and their power over women of color throughout history.

The author is Australian, so while much of the book focuses on American racial issues, there is a wider global perspective many books like this don't have, and it covers the oppression of all racialized people, not just Black Americans.

There are a few ideas at the end of the book that I wish were given more page time, but that's the only quibble I have, that I wish it was longer. 

Content warnings: homophobia, Islamophobia, misogyny, physical abuse, police brutality, racial slurs, racism, rape, religious bigotry, sexism, slavery, trafficking, and xenophobia

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, and Xenophobia