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“it is simply impossible for any white woman to be genuinely "not okay with racism" when we as a society have not yet reckoned with the fact that this model of strategic White Womanhood that has been honed and entrenched by centuries of colonialism is itself a racist concept.”

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Author:Ruby Hamad

“Kristina told me that the organization sought to dictate the needs of the community by the founder's "white, privileged standards" rather than to "empower them and see them as true partners to develop and sustain programs geared toward their needs.”

Book:White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

Source: White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

“White women can oscillate between their gender and their race, between being the oppressed and the oppressor. Women of color are never permitted to exist outside of these constraints: we are both women and people of color and we are always seen and treated as such.”

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Book:White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

Source: White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

“Yes, it is true women of color have been the targets of a setup of monumental proportions, something that amounts to nothing short of a covert war against us. But it is also true that these attacks are their own proof of just how serious a threat to the status quo all women of color really are. So serious, in fact, that the very concept of the innocent white woman was constructed to keep us firmly in our place.”

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Book:White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

Source: White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color