Women, Race & Class

A MUST READ

Book came in amazing condition. Very informative. Very enjoyable & easy to read. Would recommend if you want to learn more about intersectional feminism.

This book is perfect if you want to start learning more into systemic racism and slavery, especially how female slaves were treated as that’s very often entirely left out or extremely belittled. It gives very insightful viewpoints and speaks on topics that we rarely are allowed to even think or ponder on. Davis is quick to get to the point, while also giving us an insane amount of explanation and backstory. I would highly recommend this book to any and everyone. From my fellow black people that want to learn about areas the public school systems constantly ignore or white-wash/watered-down all the way to white people or any non black POC that wants to begin dismantling their own racial ignorance.

This book unflinchingly examines many aspects of sexism, racism, and class. Complex, detailed discussions of priorities and strategies illuminate this country’s history in a manner which shows underlying values origins of many phenomena in the present.

I really loved reading this book. It's painful and beautiful, yet focused and eloquent. I love the way Angela Davis writes, and this is probably my favorite book of hers that I've read. She is one of those public intellectuals whom you could sit back and listen to and feel transported into a clear view of the world which you could scarcely achieve through the power of your own mind. She is a powerhouse, and I wish more people would read books like this one.

Overall a very good book for those who want to learn about the intersectionality of women’s suffrage and abolition, as well as sexism and racism as they relate to classism in the 20th century. It offers a critical view of many historical figures within the feminist and abolitionist movements and their substantial flaws, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, and others. One error within the book is in the first chapter. Twice Davis states that female slaves were the only victims of rape: “But women suffered in different ways as well, for they were victims of sexual abuse and other barbarous mistreatment that could only be inflicted on women.” (4) “Again, it is important to remember that the punishment inflicted on women exceeded in intensity the punishment suffered by their men, for women were not only whipped and mutilated, they were also raped.” (19) I do not doubt that female slaves were raped more regularly than male slaves, but it does erase the experiences of male slaves to say that masters only raped women. Men were raped and sodomized by masters in order to emasculate them as well (“buck breaking”). Davis does contradict these claims in chapter 11, though, when she acknowledges that both men and women were raped: “Together with flogging, rape was a terribly efficient method of keeping Black women and men alike in check.” (165) My one other critique is that the last chapter ended fairly abruptly. On the last page, Davis advocates for socialism as the singular solution to the domestic slavery of women, claiming that socialist countries have been the only ones wherein steps have been taken, but she does not elaborate or give any examples: “The only significant steps toward ending domestic slavery have in fact been taken in the existing socialist countries.” (220) It would have been nice to see the final chapter go on a little longer to substantiate that claim. This book is a very good primer for people to learn about the flawed origins of the women’s suffrage movement, its imperfect leaders, and how classism and racism marred the debate on issues like birth control and abortion rights. Figures like Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. DuBois, and Sojourner Truth are excellent people to read about more thoroughly after finishing this book, as well as the countless events, both encouraging and horrifying, that have not found a place in modern school curricula.

Davis paints an in-depth picture of the intersectionality of particularly Black women, but also of all women. She breaks down racial tropes while giving value to the working class of women

I found the book to be a good read. I learned different things about history. Who was involved in the suffrage movement. What part Ida B. Wells, Frederick Douglass and others played.

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seems like reprint, not original book therefore i will return the item.

arrivato in tempo, perfetto

Bought this as a gift so I can't judge the book itself. The book came a bit damaged with flaws on the pages but I gave it anyway and she was happy with it :) Some people don't care that much about some damages or flaws.

One of the most essential readings on feminism and class relations to race. The package came in good condition and in bubble wrap.