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+.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.