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White Tears/Brown Scars
- How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour
- Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
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Summary
How is it that we have been so conditioned to privilege the emotional comfort of white people?
White tears possess a potency that is rarely acknowledged or commented upon, but they have long been used as a dangerous and insidious tool against people of colour, weaponised in order to invoke sympathy and divert blame.
Taking us from the slave era, when white women fought in court to keep 'ownership' of their slaves, through centuries of colonialism, when women offered a soft face for brutal tactics, to the modern workplace, in which tears serve as a defense to counter accusations of bias and micro-aggressions, 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 colour and an urgent call-to-arms in the need for true intersectionality.
With rigour and precision, Hamad builds a powerful argument about the legacy of white superiority that we are socialised within, a reality that we must all apprehend in order to fight.
Critic reviews
"Powerful and provocative." (Dr Ibram X. Kendi, author of the New York Times best-selling How to Be an Antiracist)
"A must read for any white women who consider themselves 'feminist'."(Scarlett Curtis, author of the Sunday Times best-selling Feminists Don't Wear Pink)
"An explosive and revelatory argument for deconstructing and confronting the entrenched notions of white supremacy and superiority that still reign today." (Mireille Harper)
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- Lucia Smith
- 29-03-22
so much more makes sense now thank you
Binge listened to this! enlightening, articulate and important work.
I am white British with class priviledge, this work helped me see my own patterns, family culture and society responses through a lens that meant behavioura, rules, socital structures make sense. I
needed to learn this about myself, about my family, about gender roles instersect with race and colonialism. I needed to learn more how i am percieved and how i am impacting on others.
i am surpriwe how often what i learnt in this work has linked to evrryday conversation with friends and family. and i believe, due ri my learning needs and place i am in my understanding i have only grasped some of what is articukated. i know i need to losten to it again in 6 months time.
Read this book to learn about yourself and find your own liberation as you gently release yourwelf from the rules and conditionig
Read this book to learn about why you cannot talk about Gender without consider how white supremacy construct of race.
Read this book (as a person who glides through life with white skin) to gain more understanding and insight into how different the life and experience is with darker skin.
Read this book to learn what people have been trying to teach us for ao many years.
Read this book of you want a fairer, more just world.
as a white person i invite you to notice what comes up when you see this cover and see the title. as a white perspn i can fwel my consitioning, i could feel the fear and defensiveness and the assumptions on what this book with say.
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- Emma
- 21-07-22
Great listen
This is particularly worthwhile if your feminism (like mine) has been based on the thoughts of predominately white authors. This book thoughtfully examines the phenomenon of white tears and I wholeheartedly recommend it.
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- book lover
- 09-06-23
So Necessary
This was such an inspiring read. Difficult and upsetting in places but the truth isn’t always easy to accept. I found myself reading this on the way to work each morning to remind myself that as a young black, professional woman, I am more than enough - and I do not have to conform to certain structures because society expects me to. It’s also given me the confidence to speak up on issues that need to be addressed - in the most polite manner of course.
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- Diane
- 21-08-22
Wow, wow, wow…
This book truly brought tears to my eyes. Someone who really understands the struggle of the black / brown woman in this society we live in. Identical experiences of the oppression faced for daring to hold people to account for their inappropriate behaviour, then having the heavy weight of an organisation turning against you and coming down on you to discredit your whole being. This book should be shouted from the rooftops and the author saluted. Well done on a perfectly articulated depiction of the struggles encountered by those of us at the bottom of the pile. Thank you for sharing this book to the world.
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- miss cp archibald
- 22-01-23
Very Easy to Listen To
Great content with real examples of the issues that are being addressed. These examples bring the subject matter to life.
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- L.Howarth
- 05-05-23
A must for every white woman or girl
If you want to understand and make changes, this is definitely the book for you.
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- Samantha abbott
- 02-08-21
A Must Read/listen
Absolutely loved this book, I'm so happy I came across this book in my desire to learn and understand more about how my white privilege works for me and against others. Highly recommend this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-11-22
This is excellent
I have read several book on race and inequalities but this was enlightening and educational.
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- Miss Tee
- 01-06-22
Very educational
I have been educated greatly by reading (listening) to this book. I am challenged on many levels. There is no excuse for ignorance in this day and age, people can educate themselves, stop with the excuses and treat one another fairly and justly. The question is ‘do you want to be educated?’ Do you want to know?
Thank you Ruby for not giving up on this great work you’re doing. Blessings
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- Genu-wine
- 16-07-22
A must read! Not to be missed if you want to educate yourself about the value placed on white women’s tears
This book puts brilliantly into words the experiences of many brown & black women, as well as the history behind why they’ve encountered these experiences.
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