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Warum ich nicht länger mit Weißen über Hautfarbe spreche by Reni Eddo-Lodge
29 reviews
heisiiri's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.25
Super important and still very relevant! Each section serves its purpose and together they form a clear message. I especially liked the section about race and class.
I hope more books like this get the spotlight in the future. This one is UK focused, and though I could definitely draw plenty of parallels to things that happen in Finland, I'd love to read something like this about the perspectives of POC living in the Nordic countries.
I hope more books like this get the spotlight in the future. This one is UK focused, and though I could definitely draw plenty of parallels to things that happen in Finland, I'd love to read something like this about the perspectives of POC living in the Nordic countries.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia
Moderate: Police brutality and Misogyny
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: Racial slurs, Police brutality, Racism, Hate crime, and Classism
uhm_kai's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I think everybody should read this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Classism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Violence, Pregnancy, Sexism, Police brutality, and Classism
lish_e's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Sexism, and Hate crime
Moderate: Colonisation, Pedophilia, Islamophobia, and Sexual violence
Minor: Mental illness and Ableism
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
meganamelia's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Misogyny
Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Islamophobia, Murder, and Violence
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
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