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Colonize This! young women of color on today's feminismThis landmark anthology offers gripping portraits of American life as seen through the eyes of young women of color. It has been decades since women of color first turned feminism upside down, exposing the feminist movement as exclusive, white, and unaware of the concerns and issues of women of color from around the globe. Since then, key social movements have risen, including Black Lives Matter, transgender rights, and the activism of young undocumented students. And yet we remain a country divided by race and gender. Now, a new generation of outspoken women of color offer a much-needed fresh dimension to the shape of feminism of the future.
This Bridge Called My BackUpdated and expanded edition of the foundational text of women of color feminism.
Being Muslim by For Sylvia Chan-Malik, Muslim womanhood is constructed through everyday and embodied acts of resistance, what she calls affective insurgency. In negotiating the histories of anti-Blackness, U.S. imperialism, and women's rights of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Being Muslim explores how U.S. Muslim women's identities are expressions of Islam as both Black protest religion and universal faith tradition.
Black Women in White AmericaIn this "stunning collection of documents" (Washington Post Book World), African-American women speak of themselves, their lives, ambitions, and struggles from the colonial period to the present day. Theirs are stories of oppression and survival, of family and community self-help, of inspiring heroism and grass-roots organizational continuity in the face of racism, economic hardship, and, far too often, violence. Their vivid accounts, their strong and insistent voices, make for inspiring reading, enriching our understanding of the American past. "Gerda Lerner has collected . . . material which can change images that whites have had of Blacks, and possibly even those which we, as Blacks, have of ourselves,"--Maya Angelou
InvAsian: Asian Sisters RepresentCollection of thematic essays about growing up Asian and female in the United States.
Massacre of the Dreamers by In this provocative collection of essays, award-winning poet, novelist, scholar, andactivist/curandera Ana Castillo becomes a voice for Mexic-Amerindian women silenced for hundreds of years by the dual censorship of being female and brown-skinned. In it Castillo uses the term"Xicanisma" to replace "Chicana feminism," including mestiza women on both sides of the border...In her exquisitely written, superbly imagistic prose, she aims to inform, raise consciousness, and incite Chicanas--and all caring people--to change mainstream society from one of exclusion to inclusion.
Unapologetic by This 21st-century activist's guide to upending mainstream ideas about race, class, and gender carves out a path to collective liberation.
films
"White Space highlights the experiences of four women in white spaces on Cape Cod. Their stories are uniquely their own, but many people of color can relate to what these women experience. This film is about representation and what it feels like when a space is not welcoming or even hostile to people of color. It is about how people of color see and are seen in white spaces. How people of color see themselves in white spaces and what it takes to navigate those spaces. Even though white people are not the center of this story, white viewers can reflect on their own actions in white spaces and challenge themselves to exist as more than bystanders and to behave like the allies they think they are." - JP
podcasts
Speaking in Hues brings you the stories of women who are trying to survive and thrive within the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and beyond. Listen in for immersive narrative and guest interviews that reveal what it’s like to navigate predominantly white spaces, in search of learning, growth, connection, and joy.
In this episode, Donnell and Jenny interview Keiyonna Dubashi, the founder and executive director of Profound Ladies, which is an organization dedicated to countering the inequities plaguing women of color by providing both the mirrors and windows our girls need to actualize their full potential and thrive as members of society.
Articles
- Where Are All the Teachers of Color?Harvard's Graduate School of Education blog explores the importance of having BIPOC teachers.
- Perspective | Supporting BIPOC women in the classroom: Profound LadiesThe founder of Profound Ladies, a North Carolina educator advocacy organization for women of color, shares a profound vision to take on one of education’s biggest crisis: BIPOC teacher recruitment and retention.
- a Tribute to bell hooksbell hooks, who passed away on 12/15/2021, is remembered by her friends and colleagues.
- Return to Office? Some Women of Color Aren’t ReadyAfter more than a year of virtual work, employers are making plans to get back to the physical workplace. That has many workers worrying about the return of microaggressions and bias, too.