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Warum ich nicht länger mit Weißen über Hautfarbe spreche by Reni Eddo-Lodge
23 reviews
enoemo's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
In my opinion a great perspective on how racism unfolds in a European country - a lot of popular resources are centered around America, so I think this is especially important to read when living in Europe or Britain.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Murder
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
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
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
scarafaggy's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
"White privilege is an absence of the consequences of racism. An absence of structural discrimination, an absence of your race being viewed as a problem first and foremost."
After reading Angela Davis' "Women, Race and Class" earlier this year, it dawned on me how much of my understanding of intersectionality had been from the American perspective. Much like Davis, Eddo-Lodge presents how issues surrounding gender, race and class manifest in modern-day England. Could hardly put it down. As a WoC, I saw my experiences reflected and understood. A poignant book with brilliant writing - I look forward to reading more from the author!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Murder and Rape
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
shaybrawner's review against another edition
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
"I can’t have a conversation with them about the details of a problem if they don’t even recognise that the problem exists."
This book is for you if... you're a person.
I do not have a place to critique this book, but know I found it so informative and really amazing. I am white, I won't say anything except that i found this book to be very eye opening especially the british history as I knew none of what was talked about in this. I think for white people this would be a great book to read to work on educating ourselves.
CAWPILE Rating: 9.43/10
Stars: 5/5 Stars
Very important for people to read.
This book is for you if... you're a person.
I do not have a place to critique this book, but know I found it so informative and really amazing. I am white, I won't say anything except that i found this book to be very eye opening especially the british history as I knew none of what was talked about in this. I think for white people this would be a great book to read to work on educating ourselves.
CAWPILE Rating: 9.43/10
Stars: 5/5 Stars
Very important for people to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Murder