Students in the Classroom with Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras 30 Years Later

The political breadth of Making Face, Making Soul / Haciendo Caras points to a much larger vision of subject formation in relationship to white feminisms and the inherent racism the field has yet to grapple with. Haciendo Caras frontloads gendered and sexualized forms of racism and ableism as the key elements dividing women within feminist movements. As teaching the anthology demonstrates, contemporary discomfort with racism requires that we take a stance against it, especially for millennial learners. As a pedagogical reflection, this generation of students is not only interested in white women’s racism within feminism, but internalized racism within communities of color as well.