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boronguyen's review against another edition
5.0
So I finally overcame my judging a book by its cover.
elizagrim's review against another edition
2.0
Read An Open Letter to Mary Daly by Audre Lorde (1979) instead and skip this.
Not the best messenger for her message, Eddo-Lodge's text is a meandering blog post full of personal anecdotes and generalizations that doubles back on itself. She quotes excellent works by Audre Lorde and bell hooks but I would honestly say skip this in order to read more primary historical material if you're looking to learn.
Not the best messenger for her message, Eddo-Lodge's text is a meandering blog post full of personal anecdotes and generalizations that doubles back on itself. She quotes excellent works by Audre Lorde and bell hooks but I would honestly say skip this in order to read more primary historical material if you're looking to learn.
forzasusan's review against another edition
5.0
Very well written and a lot of food for thought. Important book!
jackroper's review against another edition
5.0
A fascinating read that demonstrates the impacts of racism in the UK. The book makes the reader consider their white privilege through the lens of other privileges that they benefit from: Eddo-Lodge details her realisation of how public transport is inaccessible and how she is privileged to not be disadvantaged by it.
I worry that the type of white person who reads the book isn’t the one that the author is trying to get through to. However she ends with some useful pointers on how all can get involved in anti-racism. All round a very impressive book on an important topic
I worry that the type of white person who reads the book isn’t the one that the author is trying to get through to. However she ends with some useful pointers on how all can get involved in anti-racism. All round a very impressive book on an important topic
xannikinsx's review against another edition
5.0
If this is on your “want to read” list, I desperately urge you to start reading it now.
A truly insightful, informative and important read.
Thought provoking and unfortunately never more apt than the times we’re in now with a hateful Britain rioting all over the country.
This book will open your eyes and hopefully open discussion.
A truly insightful, informative and important read.
Thought provoking and unfortunately never more apt than the times we’re in now with a hateful Britain rioting all over the country.
This book will open your eyes and hopefully open discussion.
timpurches's review against another edition
5.0
Written with passion and clarity, this book is both educational and well argued. An important, even vital, read for any white person.
sophstar007's review against another edition
5.0
As a white woman this book was uncomfortable to read. As it should be. It left me reflecting on my upbringing and made me aware of how I have been educated to not see race. This is the beginning of my new education and I regret it has taken me this long to start. An excellent book as a starting point for learning more about black British history.
eleanorfranzen's review against another edition
4.0
This book has made history by becoming the first number 1 nonfiction book in the UK by a Black author. I listened to it on Audible and thought it was an excellent addition to the canon of nonfiction on contemporary racial issues, but although there’s huge value in Eddo-Lodge’s explicit focus on raising the consciousness of white people (racism, after all, is so often viewed as a “BAME problem” whereas it is in fact quite clearly a white-person problem), I found myself preferring Natives on the basis of its depth of historical research. Both, I think, clearly have broad commercial appeal, which is an important thing, and if Eddo-Lodge’s book gets more white people (especially in the publishing industry) to evaluate their own racism and complicity in racist structures, it’ll have done what it set out to do.
charliebnim's review against another edition
4.0
-What can I say... A powerful narrative about what we should all know about and start to act better.
Despite this book being related mostly to the reality in the UK, I can say for a fact that it also portraits the reality in most of the European countries that were colonizers. It's a sad fact, but it's true.
-In this book I learnt the most about the white feminism VS proper feminism, and how white women still have a long, LONG, way to go in terms of inclusion and validation of other people's experiences.
-A book that was easy to read, but a massive wake up call for all of those you refuse to see the reality for what it really is. It is also an opportunity for you stand up for yourself and others and start to do what's right.
Despite this book being related mostly to the reality in the UK, I can say for a fact that it also portraits the reality in most of the European countries that were colonizers. It's a sad fact, but it's true.
-In this book I learnt the most about the white feminism VS proper feminism, and how white women still have a long, LONG, way to go in terms of inclusion and validation of other people's experiences.
-A book that was easy to read, but a massive wake up call for all of those you refuse to see the reality for what it really is. It is also an opportunity for you stand up for yourself and others and start to do what's right.