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A review by bexlrose
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
4.0
Well for heaven's sake there is so much to learn here! What an amazingly eye-opening book. It's from a British perspective which is great because so much of what I'm reading about this topic at the moment is American which, whilst still relevant, doesn't help me understand our own history and context in Britain.
I would absolutely recommend this to anyone who is interested in race politics right now. I believe it supplies essential context that many white people are missing as we were not taught black history in school. This book has been a great introduction to filling in some of those gaps and had many 'wow' moments for me about relatively recent British history. It also really helped me to understand white privilege, which I think can be a hard concept to grasp.
I will say that at times I found the tone to be more aggressive than I'd like, but I can't say I blame the author for that. There is righteous anger here, which I agreed with and shared in, but sometimes I found the confrontational style a little unhelpful, which is why I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5.
I would absolutely recommend this to anyone who is interested in race politics right now. I believe it supplies essential context that many white people are missing as we were not taught black history in school. This book has been a great introduction to filling in some of those gaps and had many 'wow' moments for me about relatively recent British history. It also really helped me to understand white privilege, which I think can be a hard concept to grasp.
I will say that at times I found the tone to be more aggressive than I'd like, but I can't say I blame the author for that. There is righteous anger here, which I agreed with and shared in, but sometimes I found the confrontational style a little unhelpful, which is why I'm giving it 4 stars instead of 5.