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Por qué no hablo con blancos sobre racismo by Reni Eddo-Lodge
16 reviews
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
_moonbread's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, and Slavery
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
196books's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Xenophobia and Racism
Moderate: Sexism
narbine's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Misogyny, Police brutality, Violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Xenophobia, Classism, and Racism
zaracampbell's review against another edition
5.0
Issues with systematic racism in the UK must be spotlighted: our education system asks us to look to the American civil rights movement to study the impacts of racism, distancing ourselves from any possibility that racism could have been so prevalent in our country.
Reni writes very powerfully, unapologetically and with conviction.
Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Islamophobia and Slavery
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
heisiiri's review against another edition
4.25
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.
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia
Moderate: Police brutality and Misogyny