WHITE TEARS BROWN SCARS: HOW WHITE FEMINISM BETRAYS WOMEN OF COLOUR

I stumbled a across this book from TikTok, and I am very pleased that I took the leap and purchased it Ruby Hamad is a great writer and the book is updated with events that have been in discussion the US (in the last 4 years) in regards to racism, especially against black and brown people.As a black woman living in Europe, who identifies as an intersectional feminist, this book brings out good talking points on how feminism and especially white feminism, betrays women of color.Highly recommend this read, especially for white women.

Couldn’t read this without regularly pausing to reflect on my own experiences. This book is poweful because it is well researched and passionately written. Highly recommend!

This book has helped me empathise better with women of colour and understand better what they have been through and are still going through at the hands of white culture and society. It explains the role white women have played and are still playing in that abuse, often hidden beneath the facade of benevolence and feminism.The dysfunctions of white society are explained in much depth and detail which gives a clear overview and understanding. It addresses the ways in which white feminism actually serves the patriarchy and keeps it in place, at the cost of women of colour and other marginalised groups.As a neurodivergent woman I can relate in some ways to the frustrations of women of colour that are outlined in this book. Although I’m white I’m also from a marginalised group of women that is excluded from white mainstream feminism. I found this book very validating in that sense.At the same time it has also made me aware of some of my own unconscious beliefs and biases that were instilled in me as a white person growing up in a white society. Thanks to this book I feel I’m better able to support women of colour in standing up against systemic oppression and inequality.I can only recommend this book and hope many people will read this and learn.

Me encantó la forma de evidenciar la relación entre el racismo, el clasismo, la homifobia y la misoginia. Su raíz, la estructura patriarcal

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