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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
29 reviews
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
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
narbine's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Misogyny, Police brutality, Violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Xenophobia, Classism, and Racism
gayelfboi's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Classism, Xenophobia, Grief, Genocide, Colonisation, Slavery, Police brutality, and Murder
Moderate: Trafficking, Islamophobia, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Mass/school shootings, and Forced institutionalization
lief_'s review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Classism, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Racial slurs
Minor: Ableism
parasolcrafter's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Homophobia, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Violence, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Racism, Genocide, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Death, and Deportation
penofpossibilities's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Grief, Police brutality, Racism, Murder, and Gun violence
prettynerdy3's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Classism, Grief, Islamophobia, and Slavery