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A review by alaiyo0685
Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis
2.0
I feel blasphemous rating something by Angela Davis as just "okay," because she's an idol of mine, but here goes. I feel like this book was a game-changer when it came out. In 1983, I'm sure I would have given this book 5 stars.
But I wasn't alive yet in 1983. In fact, my mother was only 14. So by the time I did get around to reading this book nearly 30 years later, I felt like everything she was telling me, I'd heard before. What was revolutionary in the 80s, I took for granted in 2012. And on the one hand, that's great for where we've come as feminists and scholars...but it wasn't so great for getting through this book. It felt...basic, like a black feminist primer or something.
But I wasn't alive yet in 1983. In fact, my mother was only 14. So by the time I did get around to reading this book nearly 30 years later, I felt like everything she was telling me, I'd heard before. What was revolutionary in the 80s, I took for granted in 2012. And on the one hand, that's great for where we've come as feminists and scholars...but it wasn't so great for getting through this book. It felt...basic, like a black feminist primer or something.