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Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis

9 reviews

ryliereadss's review

reflective fast-paced

5.0

TW: R*pe

Davis talks about slavery, racism, the women's movement, and the civil rights movement in this incredibly important must read. It was interesting to read about the movements and groups that developed in the 1800s and 1900s and thinking about how what they did affects us today. Davis wrote about some familiar topics like birth control, abortion, the Black rapist, and work. Davis portrayed the tensions between white women and Black people and their movements, how they were able to work together in some areas but couldn't in others. So informative, don't skip this one!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Rape, Violence, and Sexual assault

leelaamanda's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Police brutality, Child death, Classism, Grief, Medical content, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Slavery, and Sexism

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Violence, Sexual violence, and Infidelity

biobeetle's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Classism, Racism, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Sexism, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Hate crime, Xenophobia, Miscarriage, Violence, Abortion, War, Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, and Infertility

Minor: Pregnancy

sashasghost's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

a must read for all people

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Abortion, Classism, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Moderate: Ableism

jaiari12's review

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, Classism, Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Abortion, Racism, Misogyny, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Xenophobia, Infertility, and Slavery

Moderate: Ableism and Domestic abuse

brnineworms's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

Women, Race & Class features frank discussion of, as the title suggests, sexism, racism, and classism. It can get pretty brutal at times, focusing for the most part on the conditions of slavery (particularly for enslaved women) and on the fight(s) for equality immediately after the abolition of slavery in the United States.

Davis examines the unique oppression experienced by Black women on account of both their gender and their race, and the ensuing need for intersectional politics. She highlights the solidarity between abolitionists and early feminists, but she also examines instances where solidarity was lacking to say the least – feminists buying in to horrifically racist accusations that Black men are almost all sexual predators, for example. I previously wasn’t aware that the Republican Party had weaponised women’s suffrage against Black enfranchisement, appropriating what should have been a push for social justice as a Trojan horse for racist propaganda and policies. It doesn’t surprise me, of course, but historical details like that are worth learning and learning from.

This book is over forty years old now, yet it remains infuriatingly relevant. It’s powerful and incisive – I would recommend reading it if you haven’t already. I can see why Angela Davis is such a celebrated writer, and I’m eager to read her other famous book, Are Prisons Obsolete?, when I get the chance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, and Misogyny

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Police brutality, Blood, Child death, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Trafficking

Minor: Colonisation, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, War, Miscarriage, and Alcohol

flowingleaves's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Women, Race, and Class is, in my opinion, a very important book that everyone who is passionate about the topic should read, and then reread. Davis' writing is fascinating and the book is extremely insightful. An absolutely gripping, informative book that I highly recommend to just about everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Racism, Misogyny, Classism, and Rape

Moderate: Hate crime, Infertility, Sexual assault, Abortion, Death, Violence, Child death, and Murder

aelunny's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I knew I was in for a good book and I'm so grateful for the timing of when I read this. It's incredibly well written and is a page turner (I may have lost the physical book under my bed for 3 months but it really only took me two days of reading). This book is an important resource for understanding intersectionality and questioning the capitalist, and self driven lens we have been subjected to look through within this society.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Classism, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, Racism, Colonisation, Infertility, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Xenophobia

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia