Current Read: White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color
Date Started: 01/07/25
Date Started: 01/07/25
Date Finished: 01/10/25
Rating: ★★★★
This book is a tough one to rate. I read it for a new "Books Are Political" book club that I joined at the end of last year. First off, I'm glad that this book exists. It's definitely a needed book. And yet, with that being said, I'm also tired of hearing this. As a biracial woman of color, I found myself toggling between my White and Brown identities. This is probably a good thing as having empathy for both is necessary for me to go deeper into understanding. But it also riled up deep set emotions. How many times does someone need to write, take the labor to research, and publish works that don't get read and listened to by the very people who need to read and listen to them?! This book was refreshing for me. A reminder that no, I'm not crazy. These things exist. But it also made me think about my own privileges as a light skinned woman of color who has an advanced degree amongst other privileges. It made me wonder what else I can be doing, especially as I work through a racist system that's otherwise known as education.
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