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A review by chloe_liese
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
5.0
"Rage is great at helping us destroy things. That's why people are so afraid of it. But part of what I've been trying to say is that rage can help us build things, too. The clarity that comes from rage should also tell us what kind of world we want to see, not just what kind of things we want to get rid of. I'm not interested in a feminist project that only works to tear down things. Black women know that justice is rarely found in the rubble. If your rage can do anything for you, I hope it can do for you what it has done for me—help us to build the world we want to see."
I cannot recommend this book enough! Many white women, myself included, have inadequate connection with Black women and do not have a clue what they go through. Black women shouldn't have to educate us about what life in America is like for them, but Professor Cooper has put in the work, so this is exactly what white women should be reading! Even after this book we're never going to "get it" or live it. Ever. But this is an education here, white friends, the best we can do in trying to access Black female experience cognitively and emotionally. Embrace it.
Professor Cooper talks about everything from feminism to patriarchy to politics to love to sex-positivity. Nothing is off the table from evangelicalism to misogynoir to Beyonce to generational black family experience. She is bitingly honest and searingly bright. Her writing flows, peppered with frank, relevant language, well-placed cuss words, and so much incredible knowledge and wisdom and insight into a Black woman's experience. Please, white women, if you're trying to be a better ally, to hear some tough (TOUGH) truths that we fragile white ladies need to hear, pick up this book (or better yet, buy the audio and *listen* to Professor Cooper), and open your heart to a transformative experience.
I cannot recommend this book enough! Many white women, myself included, have inadequate connection with Black women and do not have a clue what they go through. Black women shouldn't have to educate us about what life in America is like for them, but Professor Cooper has put in the work, so this is exactly what white women should be reading! Even after this book we're never going to "get it" or live it. Ever. But this is an education here, white friends, the best we can do in trying to access Black female experience cognitively and emotionally. Embrace it.
Professor Cooper talks about everything from feminism to patriarchy to politics to love to sex-positivity. Nothing is off the table from evangelicalism to misogynoir to Beyonce to generational black family experience. She is bitingly honest and searingly bright. Her writing flows, peppered with frank, relevant language, well-placed cuss words, and so much incredible knowledge and wisdom and insight into a Black woman's experience. Please, white women, if you're trying to be a better ally, to hear some tough (TOUGH) truths that we fragile white ladies need to hear, pick up this book (or better yet, buy the audio and *listen* to Professor Cooper), and open your heart to a transformative experience.