White comfort. This video sure gave me something to think about.

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4. I just purchased a book called White Tears, Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad.

I haven’t started reading it yet, but the book is about how white feminism has harmed black people. The author explains her use of white tears as a way for white women especially to turn the conversation from racism to avoid others forcing them to be uncomfortable. Some definitions the author uses (from the Prologue):

“While often used to denote the skin color of Europeans in relation to Native Americans and (enslaved) Africans, “white” is better understood as an indication of racial privilege: who is considered white is less about how pale they are and more about whether they are the right kind of pale.”

“Whiteness is the privileging of those racial, cultural, and religious identities that most resemble the typical characteristics associated with fair-skinned (Western) Europeans. Consequently, the terms “white” and “people of color” are not descriptive—they are political.”