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The Trouble with White Women
The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism | Kyla Schuller
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An incisive history of self-serving white feminists and the inspiring women whove continually defied them Women including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Sheryl Sandberg are commonly celebrated as leaders of feminism. Yet they have fought for the few, not the many. As award-winning scholar Kyla Schuller argues, their white feminist politics dispossess the most marginalized to liberate themselves. In The Trouble with White Women, Schuller brings to life the two-hundred-year counter history of Black, Indigenous, Latina, poor, queer, and trans women pushing back against white feminists and uniting to dismantle systemic injustice. These feminist heroes such as Frances Harper, Harriet Jacobs, and Pauli Murray have created an anti-racist feminism for all. But we dont speak their names and we dont know their legacies. Unaware of these intersectional leaders, feminists have been led down the same dead-end alleys generation after generation, often working within the structures of racism, capitalism, homophobia, and transphobia rather than against them. Building a more just feminist politics for today requires a reawakening, a return to the movements genuine vanguards and visionaries. Their compelling stories, campaigns, and conflicts reveal the true potential of feminist liberation. The Trouble with White Women gives feminists today the tools to fight for the flourishing of all.
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This is such a great read. I love how Schuller is able to give a more rounded look at the actions and motivations of our most know women leaders - giving credit and criticism. While also weaving in their compatriots who were striving for an inclusive world. This book is getting slammed over on GR because of racist white women who do not like any criticism or mention that white people could have done better, but please pick this up and read it!

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Anyone who followed UNC's refusal to give Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure this last year will find this unsurprising and still frustrating.