Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

First, I want to state the obvious - I am white and maybe less obvious to the random people who will read this review, I am fairly conservative and do not consider myself a modern feminist. So, yes I knew I wasn't going to agree with this book in political terms - However, I read this to better understand the balance of feminism with class issues and ended feeling tired and frustrated.

I found the book's approach to addressing class, racism, and gender issues through the lens of feminism to be problematic. Racism happens to black women, that doesn't make it a feminist issue. There is a severe problem with lack of education in low-class areas, that doesn't mean only little girls need better access to schools. I thought this book was going to touch on how modern feminism tries overtake issues like class, race and gender - this turned out to be the exact opposite.

To be fair, I was hoping for something closer to “Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men” and this just missed the mark completely for me.

I wish we would stop trying to label every single movement and stop categorizing everything into “class disparities” or “race issues” or “feminist movement” and focus more on those who are suffering. We need to stop trying to define it all perfectly and focus on the people who are in pain and living as less-than - REGARDLESS OF THE REASON. Can we just treat humans better and stop arguing about who deserves it most?