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Women, Culture & Politics by Angela Y. Davis
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Growing up in a country whose "founding" principles stem from racism and white supremacy, it shouldn't be too much of a shock that I never learned anything about Angela Davis growing up being force-fed said racist country's whitewashed history curriculum. As a prestigious member of the Communist party, it's no wonder she was positioned as an enemy in this country where white superiority Capitalism reigns supreme.
A series of essays, speeches, journal entries, and more, this book highlights the many historical and modern injustices committed against the Black community and other people of color. Published in the 1980s, a lot of this material surrounds the Reagan presidency. If you've educated yourself beyond what our whitewashed history textbooks say about Reagan, then you know his presidency set back the small amount of progress we made toward civil rights among Black people and other people of color in this country. Not only that, but the extremely racist and white supremacist policies he and his administration pushed through have not only had a lasting impact but are also being repeated today (i.e. our "Supreme" Court).
From politics, to culture, to feminism, to international struggles, to art, Davis paints a picture of how we as a country can move past the entrenched racism/white supremacy within every facet of the US. This is one of those books every white person should not only read but study.
A series of essays, speeches, journal entries, and more, this book highlights the many historical and modern injustices committed against the Black community and other people of color. Published in the 1980s, a lot of this material surrounds the Reagan presidency. If you've educated yourself beyond what our whitewashed history textbooks say about Reagan, then you know his presidency set back the small amount of progress we made toward civil rights among Black people and other people of color in this country. Not only that, but the extremely racist and white supremacist policies he and his administration pushed through have not only had a lasting impact but are also being repeated today (i.e. our "Supreme" Court).
From politics, to culture, to feminism, to international struggles, to art, Davis paints a picture of how we as a country can move past the entrenched racism/white supremacy within every facet of the US. This is one of those books every white person should not only read but study.