Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot
By Mikki Kendall
"In this collection of essays, Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement. She argues that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Prominent white feminists broadly suffer from their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual orientation, and ability intersect with gender. How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others? " - HELM
Why was this book challenged?
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Reasons: Racial Content, Sexual Content
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall is one of the 850 books targeted for censorship in schools on The Krause List.
Books by Black authors, including Hood Feminism, are being pulled from school libraries over biased fears of "critical race theory" according to this article from Newsweek.
The Krause List is a compilation of around 850 books targeted for censorship by Republican State Rep. Matt Krause, of Fort Worth.
See our Frequently Asked Questions webpage for more information about why books that address racism are being targeted for censorship in the U.S.
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