Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'
White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
30 reviews
ellaniji's review
5.0
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
3.5
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
tmchopra's review
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Violence
alyssa_s10's review
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Rape and Slavery
Minor: Islamophobia
triple_m's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Misogyny and Racism
unsuccessfulbookclub's review
4.25
Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Misogyny
Moderate: Slavery, Violence, War, and Colonisation
mslara13's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, and Hate crime
tharumi's review
4.5
Graphic: Sexism, Slavery, Classism, Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, and Misogyny
cadence99's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Misogyny and Racism
savvylit's review
5.0
That's not to say that White Tears/Brown Scars is purely about betrayals of the past - it most certainly is not. Hamad discusses the past only to bolster the truth at the heart of this book: that even in modern life, a myth of white female innocence is just as common and damaging as ever. Using examples from real individuals, her own experience, and the media, Hamad outlines the ways that white women willfully use their tears and presumed "innocence" to dismiss and damage women of color. Time after time, white women have shown that if they're even mildly criticized for racist behavior, they will become belligerently sad and defensive. By taking a concern and transforming it into a personal attack, the focus of the argument then becomes centered solely on the white woman's feelings. If there's any sort of audience, other folks do their best to assuage the sad white woman. Thus, the initial concerns and distress of the person of color become completely forgotten. This is a collective delusion that gaslights women of color.
When white womanhood and its insidious associations of presumed innocence are continually prioritized and promoted, the "feminist" movement has failed. Hamad proves that equality among women is only achievable once white women are willing to acknowledge their complicity in upholding whiteness. Throughout history, whiteness has been a self-perpetuating power structure built on outright lies. We need to recognize the delusions that we continue to uphold & promote and stop centering white feelings in discussions of race.
Graphic: Slavery, Trafficking, Hate crime, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Racism, Misogyny, Genocide, Gaslighting, Violence, War, and Xenophobia