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This .pdf file was used for the call on
Interrupting Patterns of White Feminism.
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In this movement moment when millions of white cis-women* are becoming mobilized and radicalized in opposition to Trump, how can we push the movement to organize beyond white middle class cis-women issues and towards racial justice? What common and historical patterns of white feminism should we make conscious and disrupt -- now and for the long haul?
*'Cis' describes people who identify with the gender matching the sex they are assigned at birth. For example, someone labeled female and assigned a 'female' marker on a birth certificate, who identifies as a woman. 'Trans' describes people whose gender does not match with the sex they were assigned at birth. For more info, click here.
For resources related to these questions, visit the White Noise Collective resources page.
The White Feminist Savior Complex by Anne Theriault explores how patterns of white feminist saviorism show up internationally. |
This original blog piece by the
White Noise Collective names common themes and patterns of white feminism historically and currently. |
The Problems with the White Savior Complex by Toi Scott presents a more local/domestic context for analyzing white saviorism.
In this article on The Struggle of the Veiled Woman, author Yusuf Jailani speaks to the assumptions underlying the bans of hijab and burqa and the importance of rooting liberation in our choices rather than the assumptions about those choices. |
Other Resources
PAST DIALOGUES looking at intersections of white privilege and gendered oppression
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Robin DiAngelo writes about
white fragility. |
Paul Kivel writes about
The Ruling Class and The Buffer Zone. |
Paul Kivel writes about
Living in the Shadow of the Cross: Understanding and Resisting the Power and Privilege of Christian Hegemony. |
Organizations |