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📘 The truth that never hurts by Barbara Smith

The Truth That Never Hurts assembles more than twenty years of Barbara Smith’s literary criticism and political commentary, focusing on black feminism, race relations, gender, sexuality, and power dynamics. It traces early black feminist theory, discusses racism within the women’s movement, explores black‑Jewish relations, and examines homophobia in Black communities. The volume also addresses contemporary political events such as the 1968 Chicago convention demonstrations, attacks on the NEA, the Anita Hill–Clarence Thomas hearings, and police brutality incidents involving Rodney King and Abner Louima, concluding with a previously unpublished personal essay on racial violence and solidarity among black women.

First publish date: 1998

Genre: LGBTQ+ Fiction/Queer Contemporary Fiction

Authors: Barbara Smith

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