white women's tears
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]white women's tears pl (plural only)
- (derogatory) A display of tears or unhappiness from a white woman that brings attention to her feelings and sense of victimhood in response to criticism by black women.
- Synonyms: white lady tears, white tears
- 2018 April 17, Shay Stewart Bouley (@blackgirlinmain), Twitter[1]:
- A few weeks ago, I had lunch with a childhood friend. White girl from the Southside of Chicago, she's now a professor here in NE. Our friendship ended at 18. Why? White woman tears. I told her she made me feel like a charity case and it hurt her feelings.
- 2018 April 17, “About the Weary Weaponizing of White Women Tears”, in Awesomely Luvvie[2]:
- Picture it: a white woman feels challenged or uncomfortable about something a Black person said or did. Instead of using her words, she cries. Instantly, no matter what the initial catalyst of the situation is, she ends up being appeased, pacified and pampered. Lawd knows we’ve all seen virtual white woman tears shut down conversation, even if she was the instigator of conflict. […]
- 2021 February, Alison Phippshttps, “White tears, white rage: Victimhood and (as) violence in mainstream feminism”, in European Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 24, number 1, Springer, , →ISSN, page 85 of 81–93:
- This attempt to separate the personal and political is central to white women’s tears as a strategic device. We demand to be treated as ‘just a person’ who should be granted the benefit of the doubt, who exists outside racialised structures and power relations even as our actions perpetuate them.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Mamta Motwani Accapadi (2007 September) “When White Women Cry: How White Women's Tears Oppress Women of Color”, in College Student Affairs Journal[3], volume 26, number 2, pages 208–215
- Lisa B. Spanierman, Jacquelyn C. Beard, Nathan R. Todd (2012 May 26) “White Men's Fears, White Women’s Tears: Examining Gender Differences in Racial Affect Types”, in Sex Roles, volume 67, numbers 3–4, Springer, , pages 174–186