White tears brown scars : how white feminism betrays 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 pa...

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Main Author: Hamad, Ruby (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Catapult, [2020]
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally published in Australia in 2019 by Melbourne University Press.
Physical Description:xvii, 284 pages : portrait ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781948226745
194822674X