Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

by Eddo-Lodge, Reni
ISBN: 9781635572957
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"This is a book that was begging to be written. This is the kind of book that demands a future where we'll no longer need such a book. Essential." --Marlon James

"The most important book for me this year." -Emma Watson

Selected by Emma Watson as the Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick for January/February 2018
Sunday Times Bestseller
Winner of the British Book Awards Nonfiction Narrative Book of the Year
Winner of the Jhalak Prize
Foyles Nonfiction Book of the Year
Blackwell's Nonfiction Book of the Year

Named One of the Best Books of 2017 by:
NPR
The Guardian
The Observer
The Brooklyn Rail
Cultured Vultures

Award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge was frustrated with the way that discussions of race and racism are so often led by those blind to it, by those willfully ignorant of its legacy. Her response, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, has transformed the conversation both in Britain and around the world. Examining everything from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance, from whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class and race, Eddo-Lodge offers a timely and essential new framework for how to see, acknowledge, and counter racism. Including a new afterword by the author, this is a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary exploration of what it is to be a person of color in Britain today, and an essential handbook for anyone looking to understand how structural racism works.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Eddo-Lodge, Reni
  • ISBN: 9781635572957
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 0.80
  • Number Of Pages: 288
  • Publication Year: 2019

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  • Questioning the status quo

    Samantha C. - 7 years 7 months ago

    Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is an intense and poignant look at racism, focusing particularly on the UK. Racism located anywhere but the U.S. is something I, as an American, had never considered. Not only is it a look at the historic roots of racism, the author tells us her personal experiences with racism and sexism in her daily life. In fact, the premise of the book is based on a blog she wrote, which shares its title with this book. The incredible backlash she received from that single post led her to flesh out her argument in this format. Her blanket statement that she will no longer talk about race with white people is controversial in and of itself, but she makes her case well, and it questions the status quo concerning whose responsibility it is to educate privileged people about their privilege. An incredible, uncomfortable and thought-provoking book.

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