checkplease's review against another edition

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4.0

3.75 Stars

simonst's review

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informative medium-paced

4.0

bootman's review against another edition

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5.0

I bought this book on launch day and binged it within 24 hours. Since reading her first book White Fragility and enjoying it, I wanted to better understand why she’s so polarizing. Again, Robin brings up some great observations, but I think I understand why she upsets so many people. There’s far too much to write in this brief review, but although Robin makes many valid points, the primary issue I see is that she puts white people in a lose-lose scenario where it’s impossible to not be racist. Regardless of if she believes that, I think that’s the wrong way to go about educating people because they feel hopeless and don’t even want to try. If I’m being honest, there’s not much different between this book and the last book aside from personal experiences she’s had since the previous book. She tries to focus more on the aspect of progressive white people being more problematic than they realize, but personally, I gathered that from the first book.

Is it worth your time? If you read her last book, maybe you’ll get something new from this one. But if you’re someone who is highly critical of Robin’s work, I personally don’t think you’re allowed to criticize it unless you read it cover to cover.

I like writing short book reviews with my overall thoughts, but if you’re interested in honest, nuanced review of the book, here’s the link: https://www.therewiredsoul.com/blog/robin-diangelo-nice-racism-review

evilchocho's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

heather_dowell's review against another edition

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challenging informative

5.0

tairbair26's review

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challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

ryceejo's review against another edition

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5.0

Who even chooses to pick up this book, except those who profess to be “in the choir?” Those who already believe racism is real and think they are already on the right side of history….

In truth, we all have much to learn, and this book is both comprehensive and concise. The most important part of anti-racist work is HUMILITY, understanding that there is much I still don’t understand, and never pretending to know it all. I learned a lot, and I wish all my friends and family members would read this too. America would be a different country, for sure.

starplanes's review

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informative

4.0

palipoto's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

1.0

This a very racist woman making money out of the current wave

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kerrygibbons's review against another edition

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5.0

I gave this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5. DiAngelo focuses a lot on some stories about herself in a way that discomfited me. I thought overall the book was excellent and made me face some missteps I’ve taken myself but just that one thing still bothers me.