From d073e77e2d2fced18dcc18df31a00375e1530bfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karchnu Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 06:17:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] draft: against white feminism. --- against-white-feminism.ms | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+) create mode 100644 against-white-feminism.ms diff --git a/against-white-feminism.ms b/against-white-feminism.ms new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e9b813 --- /dev/null +++ b/against-white-feminism.ms @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +.so macros.ms +.TL +Against White Feminism +.AU +Rafia Zakaria +.AU +.ft CW +summarised by +.ft +Philippe Pittoli +. +.AB no +The book talks about Rafia Zakaria and her hate of whiteness in feminism (which is completely different from white women, as she promises). + +.INFORMATIONS \\*[WEBSITE]/against-white-feminism.pdf \\*[EMAIL] +.AE +.TWO_COLUMNS +.NH +Summary +.PP +Rafia is a woman of color, single mother and she has a difficult story to tell. + +In the first 10 pages, we learn that she can be at a party with +.I "other privileged white women" +and still whine about trivial stuff, like +.B "being asked her story" . +Yes, Rafia can be with white feminists, invited at their table, drink and share a good moment with them, being asked to talk about herself and she will still be bitching about not having a chance to talk. +Even +.B before +they had the chance to even say a freaking word she knew she hated them. + +The more the author talks about how +.I whiteness +is the worst, the more we discover she actually is incredibly ignorant, self-absorbed and +.B obsessed +with identity. +That's just plain racism, and without much anything else. +There isn't much substance here. +Talking about a social issue, describing a problem affecting people, isn't the subject of the book. +For Rafia, the problem is white women doing stuff, whatever they are actually doing, without kissing some black women butts by giving them their job. + +Let's take an example. +At some point, Rafia described a few things about feminism, notably that they don't take the word of a victim of abuse as an ultimate truth. +For any sane person, this is completely normal. +Someone subjected to fearful or painful situations may not be thinking clearly. +Furthermore, people sometimes lie, exaggerate or diminish the importance of some parts of a story, even real victims. +But for Rafia this is a problem with +.I whiteness +in feminism, because apparently this could have been different with other people in charge, people of color, with a different perspective on things. +The author would like you to ignore the +.B "massive implications" +of taking the word of people for granted, and persuade yourself that white women are the worst. + +Here is a brief summary of the general idea being the book: +.CITATION1 +Let's put blacks and asian women on stage regardless of what they have to say, or if they have any talent. +As long as it is different from what white women have to say on the matter, this is fine. +Also, bitching about white women (oops, I mean +.B whiteness ) +is great, so buy my $15 rant. +.CITATION2 +.NH +Conclusion, my point of view +.PP +This book is an excellent example of the worst; identity politics at its finest. +The author advocates for a massive societal shift, mostly towards an +.UL "absurdly dangerous" +new system. +For example, by throwing away the benefit of the doubt, a pilar of any free society. + +As a fun note, I don't call myself feminist (and I have my reasons\*[*]). +.FS +Mainly because I think everybody has their own definition, so this doesn't say much about the person. +Let's just throw away labels when they aren't useful, and in this case I do think they are actually harmful. +.FE +Though, often in the book the author talked about why +.I "whiteness feminism" +was a problem, and the more she described it, the more I found myself rooting for them. +Some of the "problems" were actually just good practices, and I'm glad to know that, even today, feminism isn't just a bunch of stupid hysterical cunts. + +In the end, this book was entertaining to me. +I knew I wouldn't find anything convincing, but seeing adult people being this cringeworthy, selfish and childish is, at small dosage, an enjoyable experience.