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Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae
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.