Personal provocative and powerfully persuasive - an essential guide to what white feminism is
why it matters and how we can put an end to it 'Thoughtful and provocative... It is a
must-read' Roxane Gay 'A book to make you stop and think' Mishal Husain ' This book is
going to light fires everywhere so if you are prone to combust get right the hell out of the
way' Lit Hub Most of us believe that feminism is a force for good. In the past 200 years it
has paved the way for women to advance economically increasing their safety and their power in
society and advocating for their needs and experiences. But not for all women. If you are
poor if you are an immigrant to the West or (even worse) don't live here at all and above all
if your skin is not white the door to mainstream feminism has been shut against you from day
one. This is not oversight or an accident. It is an active and sustained strategy to advance
white women at the expense of everyone else. And what makes this strategy especially dangerous
- and especially effective - is that most white people have no idea they are participating in
it. Attorney and activist Rafia Zakaria shines a spotlight on this urgent issue revealing the
fingerprints of white supremacy all over the feminist movement: from early suffragette
campaigns right up to the divided and profoundly unequal world we inherit today. And she issues
a powerful call to every reader to join her in building a new kind of feminism lighting the
path to emancipation for all.
