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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
56 reviews
mengzhenreads's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Super informative, well written, and just really fantastic. I really loved learning more about Britain's role in the slave trade, since I feel like it's something that isn't really as discussed as the American side. Super engaging and bold, this book calls for change and I'm absolutely here for it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Slavery
Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Rape, and Murder
Minor: Ableism, Misogyny, and Sexism
ivulikkivulik's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
sakisreads's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
✨ Reread ✨
Now this is a PHENOMENAL book. It is hard hitting and informative. I had so many moments of anger and sadness throughout, but also a determination to address the prejudices I have in my own life. I have been struggling to find a sustainable way to address people’s racism, so Reni Eddo-Lodge talking about towards the end of the book that was impactful to me. I don’t feel that I have the eloquence to discuss what this book meant to me, so I’m including some of the text here that I really appreciated 😳
(Page 79) Opposing positive discrimination based on apprehensions about getting the best person for the job means inadvertently revealing what you think talent looks like, and the kind of person in which you think talent resides.
(Page 92) (White privilege) eases you into letting your guard down with white people, assured you’ll be taken seriously, but simultaneously not being surprised when a conversation highlights your differences against your white peers.
(Page 201) It’s worth questioning exactly who wins from the suggestion that the only working-class people worth of compassion are white, or that it’s black and ethnic minority people who are holding scant resources at the expense of white working-class people who are losing out.
A must read for anybody and everybody ✨
Now this is a PHENOMENAL book. It is hard hitting and informative. I had so many moments of anger and sadness throughout, but also a determination to address the prejudices I have in my own life. I have been struggling to find a sustainable way to address people’s racism, so Reni Eddo-Lodge talking about towards the end of the book that was impactful to me. I don’t feel that I have the eloquence to discuss what this book meant to me, so I’m including some of the text here that I really appreciated 😳
(Page 79) Opposing positive discrimination based on apprehensions about getting the best person for the job means inadvertently revealing what you think talent looks like, and the kind of person in which you think talent resides.
(Page 92) (White privilege) eases you into letting your guard down with white people, assured you’ll be taken seriously, but simultaneously not being surprised when a conversation highlights your differences against your white peers.
(Page 201) It’s worth questioning exactly who wins from the suggestion that the only working-class people worth of compassion are white, or that it’s black and ethnic minority people who are holding scant resources at the expense of white working-class people who are losing out.
A must read for anybody and everybody ✨
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation, and Classism
keeganrb's review against another edition
challenging
informative
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
Moderate: Death, Rape, and Murder
Minor: Ableism
prettynerdy3's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism
maisiemoo's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
samdalefox's review against another edition
challenging
informative
sad
slow-paced
3.5
Renni Eddo-Lodge provides a good primer and accessible book on institutional racism embedded into our UK history and culture. It is a good entry point for anyone wanting to become actively anti-racist. Anecdotal evidence for this, my mum has bought a copy of the book to read! A 57 year old sheltered white woman is open to self-learning and I'm proud of her. It seems to have a wide appeal to the people that need to read this... white people.
Main con: the larger points on intersectionality (particuarly around that of class) I found to be overly simplistic, probably because I've read more around the subject - I'd recommend reading Bell Hooks and Angela Saini, plus Eddo Lodge credits the coiner of the term intersectionaliy Dr Kimberlé Crenshaw. I also found this slow to read as an audiobook, so I read it at 1.5x speed. Main pro: It gives a UK perspective with UK examples. This may be obvious but it's important to highlight. A common theme in our culture is the ignorant view that racism isn't a problem here because it doesn't look exactly like that what we see in American culture, news, and anti-racist literature. American civil rights history often eclipses the UK one. The UK absolutely does have racism and a rich civil rights history and Eddo-Lodge does well to introduce many contemporary examples across England that should shake up newcomers to the topic. My favourite quote on this subject: "Faced with collective forgetting, we must fight to remember".
Ultimately, although I personally didn't find the way it was written very engaging, I have learnt more and I greatly value how accessible the book is, I genuinely think it will engage a wider audience that we need to become engaged in anti-racism. The author recognises that racism is structural, that structures are made out of people and thus are an amplification of personal prejudices. I have hope that this book starts that process by challenging and educating the UK population on our personal prejudices.
Main con: the larger points on intersectionality (particuarly around that of class) I found to be overly simplistic, probably because I've read more around the subject - I'd recommend reading Bell Hooks and Angela Saini, plus Eddo Lodge credits the coiner of the term intersectionaliy Dr Kimberlé Crenshaw. I also found this slow to read as an audiobook, so I read it at 1.5x speed. Main pro: It gives a UK perspective with UK examples. This may be obvious but it's important to highlight. A common theme in our culture is the ignorant view that racism isn't a problem here because it doesn't look exactly like that what we see in American culture, news, and anti-racist literature. American civil rights history often eclipses the UK one. The UK absolutely does have racism and a rich civil rights history and Eddo-Lodge does well to introduce many contemporary examples across England that should shake up newcomers to the topic. My favourite quote on this subject: "Faced with collective forgetting, we must fight to remember".
Ultimately, although I personally didn't find the way it was written very engaging, I have learnt more and I greatly value how accessible the book is, I genuinely think it will engage a wider audience that we need to become engaged in anti-racism. The author recognises that racism is structural, that structures are made out of people and thus are an amplification of personal prejudices. I have hope that this book starts that process by challenging and educating the UK population on our personal prejudices.
Content Warnings
Minor: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Classism
hilary_h's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.75
This book was like nothing I've read before. Being a black girl, it made me realise that there are probably some questionable things that should not have happened to me in the past that I never even took notice of.
The book is separated into a few sections and one of them is Race and Class. Talking about just class is usually avoided by most people so talking about how class and race are associated is definitely a bit uncomfy. At the end of the day, no matter how uncomfortable it is, it has to be talked about, just like any other topic in this book. My favourite section was definitely White Privilege because it tells how my disadvantages as a Black person, gives white people advantages whether they like it or not.
I advise everyone who sees this review to read the book if you haven't already; especially white people. One thing I must say is that if you don't want to accept, learn and change the fact that you are racist, then don't bother reading it. Not all racism is calling someone the N-slur or bluntly disrespecting their culture. You may be racist while also calling yourself anti-racist and not even realise it so if you are a white person wanting to read this book, be ready to admit some unappealing and maybe surprising truths about yourself. (not trying to offend)
The book is separated into a few sections and one of them is Race and Class. Talking about just class is usually avoided by most people so talking about how class and race are associated is definitely a bit uncomfy. At the end of the day, no matter how uncomfortable it is, it has to be talked about, just like any other topic in this book. My favourite section was definitely White Privilege because it tells how my disadvantages as a Black person, gives white people advantages whether they like it or not.
I advise everyone who sees this review to read the book if you haven't already; especially white people. One thing I must say is that if you don't want to accept, learn and change the fact that you are racist, then don't bother reading it. Not all racism is calling someone the N-slur or bluntly disrespecting their culture. You may be racist while also calling yourself anti-racist and not even realise it so if you are a white person wanting to read this book, be ready to admit some unappealing and maybe surprising truths about yourself. (not trying to offend)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism
thereaderfriend's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Essential, insightful, important, enlightening, a gut-punch of a read. Learned so much from this book. Especially how we must be honest with ourselves, and recognize our inherent biases, before we think about performing any anti-racism for others.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
Moderate: Death, Rape, and Murder
Minor: Ableism
gabbyreynolds's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder