She also argued against using women and white women interchangeably, but then just gives some general advice for 'women' at the end of the book and tells them that they ALL need to work on their racism which leads me to believe that this, along with calling Black only groups 'racist' makes me think that bell thinks Black people can be racist, which again? Is untrue. She also said the sole reason Black men are happy over police being killed was their masculinity? She also went IN on white feminist groups but then said creating Black only groups was reactionary? She also named Combahee River Collective by name? Why spend a whole chapter about why white feminist organizing sucked then call it racist to start Black only groups? She said Combahee created greater polarization, which again, I totally disagree with. She also talked about how white men have accepted Black men into police forces and I couldn't tell from the books tone if she was saying this was a positive or a privilege. That is simply untrue, and has been used to fuel most of the anti violence work that we see today? I imagine it was also even more true during the time this book was written in the 80s. For example, in the book she argues that the Black male rapist myth doesn't exist anymore. There were also several points in here where I found myself COMPLETELY disagreeing with bell. It was very informative, but also semi-redundant.

I sincerely don't know what to rate this book.

Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks