Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad

22 reviews

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

tharumi's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Classism

swamphag42069's review against another edition

This book was super awesome but not a fun read (personally) This brown girl felt incredibly validated and seen while reading, which was simultaneously v triggering. I am not who needs to be reading this, but would recommend all intersectional feminists who are white should. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, and Gaslighting

savvylit's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book thoroughly highlights and unveils several delusions that are common in the greater (white) culture of the Western world. Primary among them is the idea that white women have been unaware or innocent during some of history's worst atrocities. For instance, Hamad draws on examples from colonial America & Australia to show that white women were not only complicit in genocidal behavior but also strong proponents of it.

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

jailynxpaige's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Torture, War, and Classism

Eugenics, Colorism, Blackface, White supremacy, Lynching

jaiari12's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, and Classism

thenonbinaryc's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

anniefwrites's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

Hamad covers a lot of ground with this book--from history to representation in the media, from workplace conflict to current events. I was grateful to learn about this topic from someone who is both passionate and critical. As a reader, I think having subheadings would have helped me keep track of the topics being discussed, but in general, it's a book that I'll be processing and applying over time. Learned a lot, and lots more to learn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

lucilaroife's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War