White tears brown scars : how white feminism betrays women of color

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."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781948226745 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xvii, 284 pages ; 21 cm
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Publisher: New York : Catapult, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published in Australia in 2019 by Melbourne University Press.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part one. The setup -- Introduction: White tears -- Lewd Jezebels, exotic Orientals, Princess Pocahontas : how colonialism rigged the game against women of color -- Angry sapphires, bad Arabs, dragon ladies : boxed in by the binary -- Only white damsels can be in distress -- Part two. The payoff. -- When tears become weapons : white womanhood's silent war on women of color -- There is no sisterhood : white women and racism -- Pets or threats : white feminism and the reassertion of whiteness -- The rise of righteous racism : from classwashing to the lovejoy trap -- The privilege and peril of passing : colorism, anti-blackness, and the yearning to be white -- Conclusion: Brown scars.