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prettynerdy3's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism
samdalefox's review against another edition
3.5
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.
Minor: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Classism
lenni_sc's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Sexism, Slavery, Colonisation, and Classism
uhm_kai's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Classism
meganamelia's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Hate crime, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism
lucinotlucy's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Classism