![]() ![]() ![]() Because of this I tend to feel we cannot talk about ‘women of color’ in one breath, and contrast them to ‘white women’ without considering those shades outside of that description, such as myself and others who fit outside the obvious. I saw what she described, my friends felt it, but I myself was not subject to her lived-experience. For me, this is of course, a personal stance not a universal one, growing up mixed-race I didn’t have Kendall’s experience because I have ‘white’ skin. ![]() That of intersectionality and the duality of the feminist experience depending upon race. ![]() The subject dear to my heart, but I knew I would struggle with anger and recriminations Kendall was bringing up. It was with trepidation I reviewed this book. Kendall doesn’t do that she talks plainly and eloquently without having to hide behind metaphor or create new words to codify feminism. Typically, feminism is one of the most impenetrable subjects at higher levels because it seems the canon has been deliberately complicated to justify itself. This isn’t easy to do given the complexities of feminism as a canon. Because unlike other authors who write from their perspective, Kendall is aware of all the perspectives and can reduce them down and go back to her point effortlessly. I would not want to debate Mikki Kendall. ![]()
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