Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad

22 reviews

mybestfriendisabook's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

such a good, interesting, and relevant read. takes you through the history of how white women benefitted and upheld white supremacy and how it still continues stronger than ever today. taught me more about colonization and whiteness. 

it rings so strongly of the recent videos of white women at the college encampments for Palestine crying and/or calling the cops claiming to be in danger.. ugh. c’mon y’all. literally prime example of white tears / damsel in distress. 

the chapters on recent events and pop culture moments (BBQ Becky for example) were the most interesting for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Sexism, Classism, and Islamophobia

effortlesslybookishbre_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Violence, Racism, and Hate crime

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

booknerderika's review against another edition

informative reflective

5.0

I could list quote after quote of this book, but instead I will urge everyone to read it!

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

leahkarge's review against another edition

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

ksuazo94's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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.

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, Torture, Deportation, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Trafficking, and War

readwithsaray's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, and Hate crime

kirstenf's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Racism, Slavery, and Hate crime

Moderate: Sexism, Classism, Child abuse, and Racial slurs

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence