White Tears/Brown Scars

by Ruby Hamad

When white people cry foul it is often people of colour who suffer. White tears have a potency that silences racial minorities. White Tears/Brown Scars blows open the inconvenient truth that when it comes to race, white entitlement is too often masked by victimhood. Never is this more obvious than the dealings between women of colour and white women. What happens when racism and sexism collide? Ruby Hamad provides some confronting answers.

264 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 3, 2019

Reviews

[Rachel Soh · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book put into words feelings I’ve always had but never realised were shared experiences among POCs worldwide. An incredible read.

[Amanzi · Rating 5 out of 5]

‘This is how white people can accuse people of colour of anti-white racism with a straight face: the actual deeds of a racist society, the power imbalance, dispossession, physical and sexual abuse, incarceration, enslavement, discrimination, and so on—all of that is irrelevant. It's only what is said that counts, and a frustrated person of colour sarcastically calling a white person “mayonnaise” is regarded as a transgression akin to the N-word.’

This was phenomenal. Hamad challenges every single aspect of White Womanhood that has made me really critically reflect on when I have unconsciously or consciously perpetuated and aided in white supremacy toward women of colour. This definitely gave the words to continue to challenge this and continue to critically reflect on my own actions. Again: highly recommend for anyone and everyone to read especially white women!!