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A review by andreareyes
What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition by Emma Dabiri
2.5
What I liked: Dabiri’s request to find spaces of mutuality; insistence that our sanctimonious categories of race/ class/ gender/ sexuality are still built within the white superiority framework and her attitude of annoyance. I liked that she was annoyed that so much rhetoric surrounding anti racism is created for white people. I liked that she really didn’t care for racial identities. They’re made up anyway. I liked that she wanted us to deemphasize race.
For example, people are very much into anti-racist tactics right now. The very act of anti-racism emphasizes race. Emphasizing race causes (for lack of a better word) white people still look through the world through a lens of race. There are more to people than their race!!!!
Dabiri also knows that of course of COURSE all our history and context is through the lens of race, so learning about it is important. She’s still allowed to be annoyed by it. I like that
What I didn’t like: I wish there was more theory or critiques for and by Southeast Asian people. I desperately missed that in this novel. I kept wanting to scream “what about me”
For example, people are very much into anti-racist tactics right now. The very act of anti-racism emphasizes race. Emphasizing race causes (for lack of a better word) white people still look through the world through a lens of race. There are more to people than their race!!!!
Dabiri also knows that of course of COURSE all our history and context is through the lens of race, so learning about it is important. She’s still allowed to be annoyed by it. I like that
What I didn’t like: I wish there was more theory or critiques for and by Southeast Asian people. I desperately missed that in this novel. I kept wanting to scream “what about me”