Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

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

6 reviews

maddie_can_read's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Great discussion of race and gender issues and how white feminism does not equate to feminism for all. I think this would be a really great introduction to intersectionality for women. 

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexual violence, Violence, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexism, Confinement, Islamophobia, and Racial slurs

ksuazo94's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Violence, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Grief, Classism, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Islamophobia

ellaniji's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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.

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

thenonbinaryc's review

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Trafficking, Murder, Racial slurs, Genocide, Islamophobia, and Medical trauma