Nice White ladies : the truth about White supremacy, our role in it, and how we can help dismantle it / Jessie Daniels.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Seal Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: vii, 292 pages ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781541675865
- 154167586X
- Truth about White supremacy, our role in it, and how we can help dismantle it
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 305.8009 D186 | Available | 33111010748891 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Named a Best Book of 2021 by Kirkus
An acclaimed expert illuminates the distinctive role that white women play in perpetuating racism, and how they can work to fight it
In a nation deeply divided by race, the "Karens" of the world are easy to villainize. But in Nice White Ladies , Jessie Daniels addresses the unintended complicity of even well-meaning white women. She reveals how their everyday choices harm communities of color. White mothers, still expected to be the primary parents, too often uncritically choose to send their kids to the "best" schools, collectively leading to a return to segregation. She addresses a feminism that pushes women of color aside, and a wellness industry that insulates white women in a bubble of their own privilege.
Daniels then charts a better path forward. She looks to the white women who fight neo-Nazis online and in the streets, and who challenge all-white spaces from workplaces to schools to neighborhoods. In the end, she shows how her fellow white women can work toward true equality for all.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- "Karens": weaponizing White womanhood -- The trouble with White feminism -- The shallow promise of the wellness industry -- Love and theft -- Protecting White families -- The lie that is killing all of us -- Conclusion.
"In Nice White Ladies Jessie Daniels addresses white women's complicity in racial discrimination in the US but also in their unique potential to resist and dismantle the white nationalism that threatens us all. Daniels is a white woman seeking to call in fellow white women to think together and act rather than simply call out and criticize. Ultimately, she shows how white women can be more than allies, but trusted accomplices in a shared mission to secure equality for all"-- Provided by publisher.