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White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
32 reviews
wanderlust_romance's review
5.0
Moderate: Sexual violence, Slavery, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Racism, Violence, Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, and Sexism
nikkipoulin's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Misogyny, Classism, Gaslighting, Racism, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Slavery, and Xenophobia
persnickety_9's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Racism and Colonisation
booknerderika's review against another edition
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
yourbookishbff's review
5.0
There were so many moments in this that felt clarifying and relevant to us today. As I’ve struggled to identify *why* some of the rhetoric tossed around the internetright now is so frustrating and exhausting, Hamad gives us the words and context to better understand why and how these bad-faith arguments are used. In a moment that feels particularly timely for us now, she discusses the 2016 backlash against US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib when she spoke out about Hillary Clinton’s condemnation of Palestinians. Hamad pushes us to ask ourselves why we expect Black and brown women to be “team players” when the team explicitly works against them, and emphasizes that there is no sisterhood with white women when white feminism continues to prioritize proximity to white men over the liberation of all people. She shows us how the common arguments we see today (ie “why aren’t you denouncing terrorism” as a counter to advocacy for Palestinian freedom), misdirect and invalidate the oppression of Black and brown people by pivoting to argue that they are their own oppressors. This is not new, but it is pervasive, and Hamad challenges us to recognize these devices and how they’re weaponized to silence people of color.
Ultimately, this was a fast-paced read with a well-constructed thesis that is very relevant to our work and advocacy today.
Notes: this is largely cisnormative, and does not explicitly explore the additional intersections of marginalization experienced by trans, nonbinary and gender non-conforming people of color.
Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Islamophobia, and War
leahkarge's review against another edition
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
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Colonisation, Genocide, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Sexism, Islamophobia, Rape, and Religious bigotry
ksuazo94's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Violence, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Grief, Classism, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Islamophobia
brookey8888's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Racism, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, and Cultural appropriation
bookishmillennial's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, Islamophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Racism, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence