Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (618 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250112575 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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At the core of Black women’s anger is the kind of honesty and clarity that comes from legitimate and righteous outrage.That is what Eloquent Rage is about: the power of rage to be a clarifying and essential political resource in a shifting political landscape. It is Black women who tried to stand up to the rise of Donald Trump withholding their votes for him to the tune of 94%. It is a thing to be maligned, disciplined and contained. Her critique is sharp, her love of Black people and Black culture is deep, and she will make you laugh out loud even as she kicks the clay feet out from under your cherished idols.”Black women’s anger has often been caricatured into an ugly and destructive force that threatens the civility and social fabric of American democracy. I was waiting and she has comein Brittney Cooper.” Michael Eric Dyson says: “Cooper may be the boldest young feminist writing today. It is Black women who stand up and protest when the police kill Black citizens with impunity, robbing them of due process. Beginning at childhood, Black girls are chided for being too loud, rowdy, and boisterous. In the tradition of bell hoo
“I was waiting for an Ida Wells, an Anna Julia Cooper, a bell hooks, a Patricia Hill Collinsan author who wouldn’t forget, ignore, or erase us black girls as they told their own story and that of the race and the nation. I was waiting and she has comein Brittney Cooper.” Melissa Harris Perry“Cooper may be the boldest young feminist writing today. Her critique is sharp, her love of Black people and Black culture is deep, and she will make you laugh out loud even as she kicks the clay feet out from under your cherished idols.” Michael Eric Dyson
A professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University, she co-founded the Crunk Feminist Collective, and her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Ebony, and The Root, among many others. Brittney Cooper writes a popular monthly column on race, gender, and politics for Cosmo.