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Warum ich nicht länger mit Weißen über Hautfarbe spreche by Reni Eddo-Lodge
52 reviews
josxphinchen's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Slavery, and Police brutality
softgalaxy's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
A really illuminating read on racism in the UK. It’s definitely a primer as I’m sure Eddo-Lodge could have wrote more on each of the chapters.
Reading it in 2021 was eye-opening as I remember how different anti-racism was treated in the media 5-10 years ago. As Eddo-Lodge rightly says, there has been a renaissance in societal consciousness regarding whiteness and Blackness. It’s been wonderful to see, but there is a long way to go.
Every white person should read this
Reading it in 2021 was eye-opening as I remember how different anti-racism was treated in the media 5-10 years ago. As Eddo-Lodge rightly says, there has been a renaissance in societal consciousness regarding whiteness and Blackness. It’s been wonderful to see, but there is a long way to go.
Every white person should read this
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality and Violence
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
laverlately's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Slavery
Moderate: Murder, Death, and Rape
Minor: Ableism and Self harm
pagesof_autumn's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
An exploration of structural racism in the UK and systematic racism as a whole. I think books like Eddo-Lodge's are important primers to raise awareness about racism and white privilege. It doesn't mean you have to agree with every single statement in the book, but it's about making you stand still, take a moment and reconsider your perspective. If that makes you, as a white person, feel uncomfortable, that's exactly the point. Contemplate it and speak to your peers about it.
I docked a point because I feel it could've been more thorough and maybe ever-so-slightly more nuanced, but I also recognize that this isn't a topic I'm qualified to speak about.
I listened to the audio book, but I hope the print copy offers a thorough bibliography so that readers can explore the studies Eddo-Lodge cites for themselves.
I docked a point because I feel it could've been more thorough and maybe ever-so-slightly more nuanced, but I also recognize that this isn't a topic I'm qualified to speak about.
I listened to the audio book, but I hope the print copy offers a thorough bibliography so that readers can explore the studies Eddo-Lodge cites for themselves.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Racial slurs
Minor: Murder and Violence
gabiabudhabi's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Must read!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Hate crime
lectrixnoctis's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Reni Eddo-Lodge is a London based award-winning author and journalist. She has written for the New York Times, the Daily Telegraph Guardian independent, and many more. The book "Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race" was held first published book. It has won many awards like Fayles Non-fiction book the many more.
"Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race" Is a non-fiction book that centres on the history of racism in Britain. This system behind it what the meaning of white privilege is a fear of a Black planet and even feminist questions. Additionally, the author explains how race has something to do with class and many topics more.
Going into this, I did not know what to expect. I actually wanted this book for my birthday since I have had lots of great things about it, and I thought it would be a good idea to try to educate myself a little bit further on the topic of race. I am pretty astonished how Delicate this book is with explaining race, gender and class. The statement is that the author has given rather thought-provoking and eye-opening. At the same time, I always knew that I have privileged to live in a western country and be white; however, I am reading about this system of privilege as Pyramids shifting. Usually, I am a fiction reader, but I do enjoy some non-fiction at a time. I have to say that I would recommend this book to anyone, in particular, any white person living on this earth sends educating yourself as always the best it's trying to reset your old habits. Probably the best thing about this book is that Eddo-Lodge is not trying to make you feel guilty. Instead, she's trying to make you want to change something. This was one of the best parts of this book.
To cut a long story short, I am glad that I have picked this book up and that it has shifted my view a little bit more into becoming a better person if I may say so myself if these words have not convinced you already I am going to tell it again, please pick this book up.
"Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race" Is a non-fiction book that centres on the history of racism in Britain. This system behind it what the meaning of white privilege is a fear of a Black planet and even feminist questions. Additionally, the author explains how race has something to do with class and many topics more.
Going into this, I did not know what to expect. I actually wanted this book for my birthday since I have had lots of great things about it, and I thought it would be a good idea to try to educate myself a little bit further on the topic of race. I am pretty astonished how Delicate this book is with explaining race, gender and class. The statement is that the author has given rather thought-provoking and eye-opening. At the same time, I always knew that I have privileged to live in a western country and be white; however, I am reading about this system of privilege as Pyramids shifting. Usually, I am a fiction reader, but I do enjoy some non-fiction at a time. I have to say that I would recommend this book to anyone, in particular, any white person living on this earth sends educating yourself as always the best it's trying to reset your old habits. Probably the best thing about this book is that Eddo-Lodge is not trying to make you feel guilty. Instead, she's trying to make you want to change something. This was one of the best parts of this book.
To cut a long story short, I am glad that I have picked this book up and that it has shifted my view a little bit more into becoming a better person if I may say so myself if these words have not convinced you already I am going to tell it again, please pick this book up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Death, Child death, Sexism, and Police brutality
ellewg's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Slavery, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Police brutality, Murder, Sexual content, and Sexism
flara's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Eddo-Lodge states that she owes her respectability to the fact that against all odds, she was able to follow a professional trajectory very similar to those she criticises. She specifically mentions that she speaks and writes like them. As much as this statement makes you think about the way things are, and how they shouldn't be, I cannot disagree with it, because this book truly is very, very digestible. It starts off as a reflective academic-style text, becomes more and more personal throughout, until it morphs into anger-fuelled call for action in the last chapters. When I got to the 3rd chapter 'What is White Privilege?' I found myself reaching for a pencil and underlining important passages, and could not let go of the pencil until the very end. I don't know what essay I'll be writing since I'm no longer in university, but somehow I felt that these quotes were important and I need to make note of them.
Now I must say that as the book progressed, the writing became less fact-based and more emotional. I can't really blame Eddo-Lodge, she has every right to feel outraged. She wrote from her experience, which is experience shared by far too many. We don't need a statistic, an exact number, in order to believe or understand that yes, racism is truly ever-present and encompassing of non-white people's lives. Especially if those numbers had been laid out in previous chapters. I specifically mention this, because it has been pointed out in other reviews. I personally don't mind this, I think there is a need for an outcry where necessary. I haven't read as much as I would have liked about this topic in the past, I have to shamefully admit, therefore my review might be favourable due to this fact.
I enjoyed reading other people's perspectives, such as the interview (well, not really, but anyway) with Eddo-Lodge's mixed-raced friend, or her Texan white friend. I wish there were more, I think they intensified EL's point. The Nick Griffin interview was quite short, but oh my, so intense. I wanted to punch him through the book. How EL kept her cool during this phone call is beyond me.
All in all a great, essential read.
Now I must say that as the book progressed, the writing became less fact-based and more emotional. I can't really blame Eddo-Lodge, she has every right to feel outraged. She wrote from her experience, which is experience shared by far too many. We don't need a statistic, an exact number, in order to believe or understand that yes, racism is truly ever-present and encompassing of non-white people's lives. Especially if those numbers had been laid out in previous chapters. I specifically mention this, because it has been pointed out in other reviews. I personally don't mind this, I think there is a need for an outcry where necessary. I haven't read as much as I would have liked about this topic in the past, I have to shamefully admit, therefore my review might be favourable due to this fact.
I enjoyed reading other people's perspectives, such as the interview (well, not really, but anyway) with Eddo-Lodge's mixed-raced friend, or her Texan white friend. I wish there were more, I think they intensified EL's point. The Nick Griffin interview was quite short, but oh my, so intense. I wanted to punch him through the book. How EL kept her cool during this phone call is beyond me.
All in all a great, essential read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Minor: Colonisation, Hate crime, Murder, Racial slurs, Slavery, and Violence
natashad's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
fionac326's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Colonisation, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence