Sign in with Facebook
78,163 books
—
291,499 voters
“To be white is to be human; to be white is universal. I only know this because I am not.”
― Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
― Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
“Books, you know, they’re not just commodities. The profit motive often is in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art—the art of words.”
―
―
“If feminism can understand the patriarchy, it's important to question why so many feminists struggle to understand whiteness as a political structure in the very same way.”
― Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
― Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
“And in his eyes he had the look of the cat who inspires a desire to caress but loves no one, who never feels he must respond to the impulses he arouses.”
― Delta of Venus
― Delta of Venus
“Not seeing race does little to deconstruct racist structures or materially improve the conditions which people of colour are subject to daily. In order to dismantle unjust, racist structures, we must see race. We must see who benefits from their race, who is disproportionately impacted by negative stereotypes about their race, and to who power and privilege is bestowed upon - earned or not - because of their race, their class, and their gender. Seeing race is essential to changing the system.”
― Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
― Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Our Shared Shelf
— 222837 members
— last activity 2 hours, 8 min ago
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
Harvard Public Library 2021 Reading Challenge
— 14 members
— last activity Jun 30, 2021 07:03AM
This group is for Harvard Public Library patrons who are participating in the library's 2021 reading challenge. Please use this group to ask questions ...more
Anti-Revisionist Marxism-Leninism
— 3 members
— last activity Nov 29, 2020 12:19AM
A book club or group of sorts for those who follow the immortal science of Marxism-Leninism and uphold the 5 classics (Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, an ...more
shanzae’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at shanzae’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
18 books
|
3 friends
87 books
|
22 friends
246 books
|
9 friends
18 books
|
1 friend
215 books
|
10 friends
0 books
|
3 friends
0 books
|
1 friend
754 books
|
1 friend
Polls voted on by shanzae
Lists liked by shanzae
