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A review by isabelbrieler
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
4.0
It's difficult to know how to review something like this -- I don't read a lot of non-fiction, so my go to has generally just been to rate based purely on enjoyment and get more into the analysis from there. That seems...less applicable now. I wouldn't say I enjoyed reading this book, but I found it to be largely well written, mostly interesting, and, I think helpful, both with framing my own perspective of the world and in how to talk about race with other white people.
I've often found myself disagreeing with white people about their commentary on race, but not really having the specific words to voice why or how in the moment, and Eddo-Lodge addressed a lot of those examples explicitly, which was my favorite part of this book.
Unfortunately, I found the book to be a little bit repetitive and much more history-heavy than I was expecting. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race covers the black history of Britain extensively, but as someone who is not British, I found it difficult to be engaged in those passages. I have no personal context for the more recent events and an extremely limited framework for British history as a whole.
I've often found myself disagreeing with white people about their commentary on race, but not really having the specific words to voice why or how in the moment, and Eddo-Lodge addressed a lot of those examples explicitly, which was my favorite part of this book.
Unfortunately, I found the book to be a little bit repetitive and much more history-heavy than I was expecting. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race covers the black history of Britain extensively, but as someone who is not British, I found it difficult to be engaged in those passages. I have no personal context for the more recent events and an extremely limited framework for British history as a whole.