This book is a searing, moving, and tightly-memoir and historical exploration of the failures of the American feminist movement to show up for Black women. Kendall also explores the prison of “respectability politics”, and breaks down the steps through which white women can move from being mere allies, to being actual accomplices.
Dr. Brittney Cooper, ELOQUENT RAGE
I think of Dr. Cooper as her own weather system. She’s a powerful and brilliant feminist scholar. Her memoir, ELOQUENT RAGE, presents a strong and moving argument for the ways in which white women have let their Black sisters down again and again throughout history. This book is essential reading for anyone who calls herself a feminist — and it’s also a beautiful and vulnerable story of Brittney’s own journey.
