Called “powerful and provocative" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of the New York Times bestselling How to be an Antiracist, this explosive book of history and cultural criticism reveals how white feminism has been used as a weapon of white supremacy and patriarchy deployed against Black and Indigenous women, and women of color.
Taking us from the slave era, when white women fought in court to keep “ownership” of their slaves, through the centuries of colonialism, when they offered a soft face for brutal tactics, to the modern workplace, White Tears/Brown Scars tells a charged story of white women’s active participation in campaigns of oppression. It offers a long overdue validation of the experiences of women of color.
Discussing subjects as varied as The Hunger Games, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the viral BBQ Becky video, and 19th century lynchings of Mexicans in the American Southwest, Ruby Hamad undertakes a new investigation of gender and race. She shows how the division between innocent white women and racialized, sexualized women of color was created, and why this division is crucial to confront.
Along the way, there are revelatory responses to questions like: Why are white men not troubled by sexual assault on women? (See Christine Blasey Ford.) With rigor and precision, Hamad builds a powerful argument about the legacy of white superiority that we are socialized within, a reality that we must apprehend in order to fight.
"A stunning and thorough look at White womanhood that should be required reading for anyone who claims to be an intersectional feminist. Hamad’s controlled urgency makes the book an illuminating and poignant read. Hamad is a purveyor of such bold thinking, the only question is, are we ready to listen?" ―Rosa Boshier, The Washington Post
1 有用 Sirius 2024-01-24 11:22:05 浙江
以种族视角看女性主义,论述白人女性的形象是如何在历史上被巧妙利用以巩固其对有色人种的殖民、奴役与歧视,而进入现代社会后白女又如何一边争取自身权利一边罔顾甚至利用其他种族女性,需要同盟时好像所有女性都一样,一到关键时候还是先把种族特权放第一,被质疑就流泪说你们太有攻击性了。as queer female,就,很眼熟……因为这个现象不止出现在种族和性别的交汇处,性取向、阶级等都可相类比。说到底,权力天... 以种族视角看女性主义,论述白人女性的形象是如何在历史上被巧妙利用以巩固其对有色人种的殖民、奴役与歧视,而进入现代社会后白女又如何一边争取自身权利一边罔顾甚至利用其他种族女性,需要同盟时好像所有女性都一样,一到关键时候还是先把种族特权放第一,被质疑就流泪说你们太有攻击性了。as queer female,就,很眼熟……因为这个现象不止出现在种族和性别的交汇处,性取向、阶级等都可相类比。说到底,权力天梯即使进行自我改良,也只是允许中间层中顺应“主流”者上移以扩大同盟。中间层也总是“只打自己利益相关的仗”,想跻身掌权者去共享权力,而不去推翻体系本身。遗憾的是,只解放少数人就永远不是真正的解放。只改良,那除了顶层,终究都是囚徒。全书核心论点不错,奈何执行得较乱,深度和严谨性稍欠,比起研究,更像檄文。 (展开)
1 有用 Manifest2me 2022-02-08 08:38:58
我一直对white liberal feminism持有警惕,这本书提供了描述白人女性对WOC系统性歧视的框架和语言。Solidarity is for the white women, who accomplice with the white men to construct 'whiteness' as an ideology, where white people set standard... 我一直对white liberal feminism持有警惕,这本书提供了描述白人女性对WOC系统性歧视的框架和语言。Solidarity is for the white women, who accomplice with the white men to construct 'whiteness' as an ideology, where white people set standards of humanity by which they are bound to succeed and others bound to fail. (展开)
0 有用 光阴只方寸 2024-03-17 22:25:31 福建
女性作家圆桌会之九·Ruby Hamad 4.5
0 有用 VicWallflower 2023-04-27 11:30:33 加拿大
说实话"gas-whiting”真的不要太好用。
0 有用 MilkyMint 2021-06-07 10:13:47
为了Lana Del Rey读了这本书 果断回到她post把赞取消了
0 有用 光阴只方寸 2024-03-17 22:25:31 福建
女性作家圆桌会之九·Ruby Hamad 4.5
1 有用 Sirius 2024-01-24 11:22:05 浙江
以种族视角看女性主义,论述白人女性的形象是如何在历史上被巧妙利用以巩固其对有色人种的殖民、奴役与歧视,而进入现代社会后白女又如何一边争取自身权利一边罔顾甚至利用其他种族女性,需要同盟时好像所有女性都一样,一到关键时候还是先把种族特权放第一,被质疑就流泪说你们太有攻击性了。as queer female,就,很眼熟……因为这个现象不止出现在种族和性别的交汇处,性取向、阶级等都可相类比。说到底,权力天... 以种族视角看女性主义,论述白人女性的形象是如何在历史上被巧妙利用以巩固其对有色人种的殖民、奴役与歧视,而进入现代社会后白女又如何一边争取自身权利一边罔顾甚至利用其他种族女性,需要同盟时好像所有女性都一样,一到关键时候还是先把种族特权放第一,被质疑就流泪说你们太有攻击性了。as queer female,就,很眼熟……因为这个现象不止出现在种族和性别的交汇处,性取向、阶级等都可相类比。说到底,权力天梯即使进行自我改良,也只是允许中间层中顺应“主流”者上移以扩大同盟。中间层也总是“只打自己利益相关的仗”,想跻身掌权者去共享权力,而不去推翻体系本身。遗憾的是,只解放少数人就永远不是真正的解放。只改良,那除了顶层,终究都是囚徒。全书核心论点不错,奈何执行得较乱,深度和严谨性稍欠,比起研究,更像檄文。 (展开)
0 有用 VicWallflower 2023-04-27 11:30:33 加拿大
说实话"gas-whiting”真的不要太好用。
1 有用 Manifest2me 2022-02-08 08:38:58
我一直对white liberal feminism持有警惕,这本书提供了描述白人女性对WOC系统性歧视的框架和语言。Solidarity is for the white women, who accomplice with the white men to construct 'whiteness' as an ideology, where white people set standard... 我一直对white liberal feminism持有警惕,这本书提供了描述白人女性对WOC系统性歧视的框架和语言。Solidarity is for the white women, who accomplice with the white men to construct 'whiteness' as an ideology, where white people set standards of humanity by which they are bound to succeed and others bound to fail. (展开)
0 有用 MilkyMint 2021-06-07 10:13:47
为了Lana Del Rey读了这本书 果断回到她post把赞取消了