Have you ever wondered how your emotions could be affecting a whole group of people? Well, look no further. In the non-fiction novel, White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color, Ruby Hamad explores and reflects on the intersection of sex, race, and class and how this intersection has evolved throughout history. She discusses many different stereotypes and microaggressions of women of color and where they stem from and how they are used in today’s concepts. She also touches on the concept of weaponized emotions and it, when coupled with the technology today, can be very dangerous for people of color. The main idea of the book was how white feminism is often exclusive and harmful to women of color. In this topic, she explores white women and women of color’s interactions in the workplace, the family, and in online spaces. Personally, I enjoyed this book, however it was not an easy beach-read. A lot of the topics were very in depth and required extra research or prior knowledge and I felt that it made me not want to read this book all of the time. Despite that, this book gave me a very good insight into the multitude of hardships that women of color go through on a daily basis. Overall, I would recommend this book because it educated me on issues that I was previously unaware of and now I can make sure that I am a part of the solution and not the problem.
Sofia P.
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