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lenni_sc's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Sexism, Slavery, Colonisation, and Classism
enoemo's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism and Murder
meganamelia's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Hate crime, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism
laverlately's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
Moderate: Death, Rape, and Murder
Minor: Ableism and Self harm
pagesof_autumn's review against another edition
4.0
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.
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Racial slurs
Minor: Violence and Murder
gabiabudhabi's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder
ellewg's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Murder
flara's review against another edition
3.75
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.
Graphic: Racism
Minor: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation
scarafaggy's review against another edition
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!
Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Police brutality
Moderate: Rape and Murder
fionac326's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, and Colonisation