tking08's review
4.0
I read this book for one of my summer classes and I thought it was very informative while also being fairly engaging. It’s a long read due to the nature of the content but it’s a good read!
worldlibraries's review
3.0
Because this is a dense, and highly academic read, I am only giving it three stars. I wish the book was written in a style that would make it easier for the general public to read so it could have a greater impact. I feel Ms. McRae wrote for her academic peers. Give us more story, please.
The book examined the 'gardening' white women did to maintain white supremacy during the 20th century up until 1970. Because it was so good at helping the reader see through the euphemisms white women used to reach racialized ends without using racialized language, I wish it had covered up until the present day. What are white women saying today that are euphemisms for achieving racialized ends without using racialized language? We need to know! A sequel is in order. I bet quite a bit of it would be related to charter schools and carefully curating children of color into charter school populations.
I picked this book up with some trepidation as a white woman. Would I see myself in this book? I shouldn't have worried. There were basically these kinds of white women resisting integration: the plantation owner still wanting low-cost labor to exploit, bureaucrats ruining peoples lives by labeling them as black (instead of honoring their indigenous heritage) thereby changing the entire trajectory of families, the paternalistic mid-century white woman who felt she and her sisters should 'look after' and speak for black people, the suburban woman who worried about property values and moved away from city neighborhoods, and the working class woman who made black families lives at integrated schools a living hell by bullying them and mistreating them.
This was the first time I have ever learned that the reason conservatives protest UN membership is they are scared of being a global minority as white people. The reason isn't giving up American sovereignty as they suggest.
I'm glad to have read this book so I as an individual can contribute as much as possible to a more perfect union.
The book examined the 'gardening' white women did to maintain white supremacy during the 20th century up until 1970. Because it was so good at helping the reader see through the euphemisms white women used to reach racialized ends without using racialized language, I wish it had covered up until the present day. What are white women saying today that are euphemisms for achieving racialized ends without using racialized language? We need to know! A sequel is in order. I bet quite a bit of it would be related to charter schools and carefully curating children of color into charter school populations.
I picked this book up with some trepidation as a white woman. Would I see myself in this book? I shouldn't have worried. There were basically these kinds of white women resisting integration: the plantation owner still wanting low-cost labor to exploit, bureaucrats ruining peoples lives by labeling them as black (instead of honoring their indigenous heritage) thereby changing the entire trajectory of families, the paternalistic mid-century white woman who felt she and her sisters should 'look after' and speak for black people, the suburban woman who worried about property values and moved away from city neighborhoods, and the working class woman who made black families lives at integrated schools a living hell by bullying them and mistreating them.
This was the first time I have ever learned that the reason conservatives protest UN membership is they are scared of being a global minority as white people. The reason isn't giving up American sovereignty as they suggest.
I'm glad to have read this book so I as an individual can contribute as much as possible to a more perfect union.
k8iedid's review
5.0
I found it so interesting to learn how *organized* these racist white ladies were - nothing happening today should surprise us when we take a peek at history. These school board issues have always been there, they just had different names. I saw one reviewer call this book "dry" and I found it anything but.
sunshinemilk's review
1.0
I hated this book and not for the reason you may think.
While this is full of atrocious true history, I don’t understand why Mcrae, who would be considered an aryan princess by the alt-right, wrote this? Why would this white, blonde, blue-eyed woman write a book to profit in multiple ways off of the atrocities that white women have done? No need to answer.
Listening to the audiobook was double the nightmare as another white woman is narrating this slur filled book.
You can find this information elsewhere while supporting the Black families that were actually affected during this time and I highly suggest we all do that. Thankfully this was free from the library.
While this is full of atrocious true history, I don’t understand why Mcrae, who would be considered an aryan princess by the alt-right, wrote this? Why would this white, blonde, blue-eyed woman write a book to profit in multiple ways off of the atrocities that white women have done? No need to answer.
Listening to the audiobook was double the nightmare as another white woman is narrating this slur filled book.
You can find this information elsewhere while supporting the Black families that were actually affected during this time and I highly suggest we all do that. Thankfully this was free from the library.
stevia333k's review
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
81%
I started this on either may 2nd or may 3rd, but it was shortly after i finished "sisters in hate"
I was perfectionist so I didn't make records of my reading progress via the %age notation like i should've
But yeah, i have some notes i took that I'll transcribe, but point being there were so many things I just thought were ridiculous stubborn asses that I'd run into, but it turned out that these were actual agenda items that were organized for. So this book was a double whammy because not only was I reading this book to find out who the cops were but also I didn't even know how deep the racism went as I just mentioned
This is like critical childhood studies, death panel & that documentary by that mlmaoist/anarchist on disruptive philosophy
I found this book via the bibliography to "sisters in hate"
I was perfectionist so I didn't make records of my reading progress via the %age notation like i should've
But yeah, i have some notes i took that I'll transcribe, but point being there were so many things I just thought were ridiculous stubborn asses that I'd run into, but it turned out that these were actual agenda items that were organized for. So this book was a double whammy because not only was I reading this book to find out who the cops were but also I didn't even know how deep the racism went as I just mentioned
This is like critical childhood studies, death panel & that documentary by that mlmaoist/anarchist on disruptive philosophy
I found this book via the bibliography to "sisters in hate"
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93%
White mother not being able to walk/drive your kids to school is a euphemism for segregationism, that the school is not white enough -- Boston
94%
Rumors of teen pregnancies are developed from rumors of "miscegenation" -- Boston
Bussing got compared to violent protest
11h 12m is important for classist infighting among racist/segregationist white women, especially with suburban/middle and up vs urban/lower classes. (Which gets elaborated on in "American Swastika".)
Further, pointed out how mutual aid in order to facilitate protests has been used by racists
Bussing got compared to violent protest
11h 12m is important for classist infighting among racist/segregationist white women, especially with suburban/middle and up vs urban/lower classes. (Which gets elaborated on in "American Swastika".)
Further, pointed out how mutual aid in order to facilitate protests has been used by racists
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Religious bigotry, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Hate crime, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Genocide, Murder, and Sexism
jonmhansen's review
5.0
It's a well-researched, well-written, thoroughly depressing tale of how (white) women can also be gigantic assholes, we just didn't notice because we weren't paying attention to how that crap got done.
srmilesauthor's review
5.0
Essential reading. You can’t understand race in America or our unique relationship with the other side of feminism unless you read this.