White Tears/Brown Scars

When white people cry foul it is often people of colour who suffer. White tears have a potency that silences racial minorities. White Tears/Brown Scars blows open the inconvenient truth that when it comes to race, white entitlement is too often masked by victimhood. Never is this more obvious than the dealings between women of colour and white women. What happens when racism and sexism collide? Ruby Hamad provides some confronting answers.

PRAISE

If (racial) ignorance is bliss, then this book is a shattering of some supremely comfortable white illusions about race and gender in Australia.
- Melissa Lukashenko

Hamad's razor-sharp observational skills and a wide-ranging approach makes this an essential addition to the modern feminist canon.
- Publisher's Weekly

White Tears/Brown Scars is a stunning and thorough look at White womanhood that should be required reading.
- Time Magazine

For readers truly interested in dismantling white supremacy, this is a must-read.
- Kirkus Review