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| Original Title: | Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race |
| ISBN: | 140887055X (ISBN13: 9781408870556) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Orwell Prize Nominee for Longlist (2018), The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2017), Bread and Roses Award (2018), Jhalak Prize (2017) |
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Hardcover | Pages: 249 pages Rating: 4.37 | 27580 Users | 2932 Reviews
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In 2014, award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote about her frustration with the way that discussions of race and racism in Britain were being led by those who weren't affected by it. She posted a piece on her blog, entitled: 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race' that led to this book.Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance, whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class and race, Reni Eddo-Lodge offers a timely and essential new framework for how to see, acknowledge and counter racism. It is a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary exploration of what it is to be a person of colour in Britain today.
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| Title | : | Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race |
| Author | : | Reni Eddo-Lodge |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 249 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 2017 by Bloomsbury Circus |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Feminism. Race. Politics |
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Ratings: 4.37 From 27580 Users | 2932 ReviewsCommentary Based On Books Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Utter crap!Let me explain why.My wife is from Bangladesh, we will have been married for twenty years this december and have two wonderful daughters.My point: I have had more racist abuse from blacks and asians since we have been married and my wife as had almost nothing in comparison. In fact the police found it very funny that my wife phoned them because it was I that was getting the racist abuse at our house not her at the time. It's amazing that they can laugh at white people for gettingReni Eddo-Lodge opens up her provocative and challenging viral blogpost of 2014 into a 224-page (big type) book that has something to say, but says it unbelievably poorly. Eddo-Lodge may be right that structural (institutionalised) racism is the biggest problem facing Britain today, shes definitely right that anti-immigrant narratives are cynically used by those in power to divide the working class, and her early insights into whiteness being the default from which everything is forced to
Beautiful, harrowing, emotional and raw; quite possibly the best book I have read all year! I write this review with an awareness that this book was never designed for my consumption or even education: this is such a personal account of Reni's experience and the historical experience of all POC in Britain and that connection is deeply felt in Reni's direct, emotive prose. I have felt a plethora of emotions while reading this book and have been shook to the core by the knowledge of the racist
When I think of a book I want to put in everybody's hands, I think of this one.You could see this book as an essay on how racism is one of the most important pillars of British society but also of the Western society , how it's at the roots of everything, and how we people of colour and white people should work on dismantling it from its core.I need you to understand that as a mixed-race Asian person, I connected with this book at such an important level, and if I was able to find myself in
Great review, totally agree with you
This captured my thoughts far more eloquently than I did - thank you.
We tell ourselves that racism is about moral values, when instead it is about the survival strategy of systemic power. It's late and I'm tired and therefore in no position to write a good and nuanced review on this so review to come but for now: I really enjoyed listening to this. First and foremost Reni Eddo-Lodge did a really excellent job narrating the audiobook. I found this beneficial and interesting to read. Although some chapters rehashed things I knew from other readings, I still
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