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Prečo sa už s bielymi nerozprávam o rase by Reni Eddo-Lodge
53 reviews
wanderinghappygal's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Slavery, Racism, Sexual assault, and Racial slurs
gvstyris's review against another edition
4.0
This is the difference between racism and prejudice. There is an unattributed definition of racism that defines it as prejudice plus power.
An insightful novel, and one I will definitely be recommending to white friends and family going forward. Learning about British involvement in the slave trade and its history of police brutality was eye-opening and very worthwhile, so I'm glad I finally got around to giving this a read.
Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Misogyny, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Police brutality, and Hate crime
lola1212's review against another edition
4.25
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Fatphobia, Sexism, Drug use, Rape, Ableism, Addiction, Abortion, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Slavery
thechocolatefinger's review against another edition
2.0
All the actual stuff about racism seems so surface level and obvious (eg stop and search is racist, intersectional feminism is good), like it doesn’t delve into why this institutional racism exists or how it affects everyone. She just says some anecdotal examples. But I guess she’s not a political theorist so that’s why it’s all about her. But I just don’t like that.
She also has the opinion of “all White people are unconsciously racist” which I don’t think is a beneficial argument, especially when she barely explains what her definition of racism is. But whatever ig.
Also from the title you might assume it is about racism overall, but it is actually very Black-specific, with only slight references to other ethnic minorities. But again, it all comes down to the book basically being autobiographical instead of actually about racism in general.
I think maybe if you’re completely new to ideas of White privilege and you don’t know what institutional racism is, then reading this would be like eye-opening for you (as it seems to be for many other reviewers). But if you already know that (or literally have ever done basic sociology) this book is not worth it, it is just saying obvious things in really no depth at all.
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Racial slurs and Police brutality
glittery_phoenix's review against another edition
5.0
It conceptualises terms like race, racism, prejudice, colourism, intersectionality and institutional racism..... But it does so in a way that is not only digestible to the reader but creates a tangible mental map of how everything is connected.
Touching on topics from history- the Atlantic slave trade to individual cases of assault, police brutality and injustice. This helps to explain the bigger picture of how things came to be, but also cultural turning points that had huge influence on the culture of Britian.
As someone from Liverpool I was very aware of our city's dark past with slavery, but the way Reni brings to life this history is brilliantly insightful while still rightfully difficult to learn about.
I felt privileged to be taken on the journey of the author from her childlike innocence up to the empowering and beautifully eloquent woman she is at the time of writing.
No review can do this justice, I can only implore you to read it. If it makes you uncomfortable then that is all the more reason to not shift your gaze. This book should be essential reading for every British person and anyone, of any race, who cares about understanding life experiences outside their own.
Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Trafficking, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Slavery, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Racism, Death, and Racial slurs
emminkirjakasa's review against another edition
5.0
Suosittelen tätä isosti jokaiselle valkoiselle.
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Slavery
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Ableism, and Rape
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and War
withlivjones's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Slavery and Racism
Moderate: Classism, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, Death, and Hate crime
sandysmith's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
fairylibrary's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
lindsaylhunter's review against another edition
4.5
After a lifetime of embodying difference, I have no desire to be equal. I want to deconstruct the structural power of a system that marked me out as different. I don't wish to be assimilated into the status quo. I want to be liberated from all negative assumptions that my characteristics bring. The onus is not on me to change. Instead, it's the world around me.
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Sexism