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Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis

10 reviews

maziodynes's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Essential reading for modern women about intersectionality and activism. Clear prose, informative, powerful - there's nothing I can say about this book or Ms. Davis that hasn't already been said!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Misogyny, and Hate crime

Moderate: Rape, War, Murder, Colonisation, Abortion, and Suicide

mookisbooks's review

challenging sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Child death, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Slavery

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

jonezzzing's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Xenophobia, Slavery, Classism, Racism, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion and Adult/minor relationship

cocolopsapotamus's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Moderate: Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Suicide

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

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

clayby's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

 The leaders of the women’s rights movement did not suspect that the enslavement of Black people in the South, the economic exploitation of Northern workers and the social oppression of women might be systematically related. 

I've considered myself a feminist for years, yet just this year (2021) Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis was my first foray into feminist theory, and I think I've done myself and the women in my life a great disservice by having not read it sooner. Angela is such a brilliant writer; several times I had to force myself to stop reading so that my partner could catch up to me. 

Women, Race & Class begins with slavery in the United States and, with a Marxist lens, takes a look at the abolitionist movements, early feminist groups, the working class movements of the early 20th century, the women's liberation movement in the 1960's, up to the time of the book's writing in the 1970's.

While doing this, Ms. Davis doesn't hold back in her analyses of important figures belonging to the aforementioned movements, something I really appreciated. (I personally feel that people are too eager in their uncritical support of "safe" historical figures.)

I only have one tiny gripe with the book, and it's that I felt it ended somewhat abruptly. Regardless, I really, really recommend you read Women, Race & Class, especially if you're looking to begin your journey into feminist theory. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Slavery

Minor: Rape, Self harm, and Child death

charlieeee's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Slavery, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Murder

surefinewhatever_'s review

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

Angela Davis’ mind is so brilliant and I always feel so lucky to be able to read her work. This one is a classic and a must read, and I’m so glad I finally did! I learned SO much about the suffrage movement and slavery, and how intertwined racism is with the women’s movement. Truly sets a great foundation for intersectional and radical feminism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Racism

Moderate: Abortion, Murder, Rape, Sexism, and Suicide