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| Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism (Live Girls) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Cherrie Moraga, Daisy Hernandez, Bushra Rehman
Publisher: Seal Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (13 reviews)
Sales Rank: 87524
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 1580050670
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.42
EAN: 9781580050678
ASIN: 1580050670
Publication Date: July 8, 2002
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Product Description
It has been decades since women of color first turned feminism upside down, exposing the ?70s feminist movement as exclusive, white, and unaware of the concerns and issues of women of color from around the globe. Now a new generation of brilliant, outspoken women of color is speaking to the concerns of a new feminism, and to their place in it. Daisy Hernandez of Ms. magazine and poet Bushra Rehman have collected a diverse, lively group of emerging writers who speak to their experience?to the strength and rigidity of community and religion, to borders and divisions, both internal and external?and address issues that take feminism into the twenty-first century. One writer describes herself as a ?mixed brown girl, Sri-Lankan and New England mill-town white trash,? and clearly delineates the organizing differences between whites and women of color: ?We do not kick ass the way the white girls do, in meetings of NOW or riot grrl. For us, it?s all about family.? A Korean-American woman struggles to create her own identity in a traditional community: ?Yam-ja-neh means nice, sweet, compliant. I?ve heard it used many times by my parents? friends who don?t know shit about me.? An Arab-American feminist deconstructs the ?quaint vision? of Middle-Eastern women with which most Americans feel comfortable. This impressive array of first-person accounts adds a much-needed fresh dimension to the ongoing dialogue between race and gender, and gives voice to the women who are creating and shaping the feminism of the future.
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 In response to 'racist' December 10, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Initially, I wanted to respond to the person who wrote 'racist' to say, that he's an ignorant idiot; particularly for his unexamined complicity in affirming the oppressive hegemony that burdens this culture and society. By attempting to silence and dismiss the marginalized voices of women of color he is only perpetuating racism, and extendedly, sexism, classism, neocolonialism, and homophobia by hiding them and pretending that they don`t exist. However, I thought that maybe his apathy is only the result of being uninformed, unexposed, and/or simply being uneducated. I mean, who has the audacity to tactlessly claim in public that "To think about racism is to be racist. [and that, therefore,] People should think about other things." This is, either written by (1) someone from a position of unearned privilege; inferred by his/her inability to find urgency with the issue; or (2) someone who simply can`t read.
Slavery's long dead dude, not the embedded institution of oppressive "-isms" that circulate and reside within this society. And I know that sometimes it's hard to accept or understand that you're an oppressor too.
Anyway, that's what I want to say. Instead, I'm going to be passive and say:
Well, there's a great distinction between being racial and being racist. A racist is someone who vilifies another person through that person's race; and/or discriminates or commits violence against another person on the basis of that person's race. When a person emphasizes race to substantiate the socio-political flesh of his/her experiences, however, I don't read it as being racist. To me it is a reflection of the reality upon which other people are situated; and how that reality is defined and determined, sometimes, on the basis of one's skin.
This book is not "racist." This is a glorious book. A necessary book. A book that must be promoted and made accessible for everyone to read. Yes, it speaks about feminism, but it expands and complicates the term to include ALL women and to acknowledge, more importantly, that race, class, and sexuality intricately intersects with gender in this global matrix of domination and in how some people define or identify themselves. It is, undeniably, for and about women (of color) but only because the particular standpoints of this collection of women profoundly reflect and articulate the relationship between the "powerful" and the "powerless;" both relative terms that constitute the LIVED reality of most everyone. And that, in itself is, in my opinion relatable and worth learning enough to read.
This book is also about consciousness, empowerment, resistance, and resilience; a possible source of validation and inspiration for those who may not have been handed any.
A compelling Third Wave feminist, multiracial, youth anthology April 21, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
"Colonize This!" is a thought-provoking, important Third Wave feminist youth of color reader powerfully documenting the myriad ways that the politics of gender, race, class, sexuality and disability interesect. I strongly recommend it for activist youth engaged in coalition building and anti-oppression work, especially young, able-bodied, middle-income, white, heterosexual men.
 Edgy Third Wave Book November 8, 2004
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Colonize This will make some readers uncomfortable to the contributors' honesty and in some cases anger. The various entries bring race to the center stage and this in itself will cause some readers to shift uncomfortably as they re-think their own particular privilege.
This book is ideal in a women's studies classroom or ethnic studies, english, or sociology. I think the book would be best served by also reading _This Bridge Called My Back_, since so many of the contributors refer to _Bridge_ as causing their "click" of feminism.
Colonize This isn't your typical academic tome, but a personal (and political) book that should cause some lively debate.
Thinking and Racism October 27, 2004
3 out of 15 found this review helpful
To think about racism is to be thoughtful. To be thoughtful is to be engaged in the process of learning. To refuse to reflect on and examine your belief systems is to be ignorant.
In response to "racist" July 12, 2004
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
In response to the last reviewer, it is always interesting how the very people who perpetuate racism and the oppression of people of color are the first to denouce as 'racist' any argument against (or God forbid, anger towards) the system that keeps colored people oppressed. The previous reviewer should consider the notion that maybe these women didn't need anything but the experience of their own lives to know that the world is stacked against them as women of color. He should also wonder if his inability to believe the pain of others is a reflection of his inability to acknowledge the privledge he takes for granted. The is an excellent book, and will be an excellent read for anyone with an open mind or a capacity to listen to the feelings and ideas of others.
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