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terriw5 's review for:
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race
by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Yes, this book is mainly about structural racism in Britain. But you can extrapolate what she has to say to almost any type of discrimination. So don't let it put you off just because you don't reside in the UK.
With that being said, this book was AMAZING. I could go on and on about it, but others have already done that for me. So I'll just post my favourite quotes:
Reni frames her arguments in such a logical way that makes you wonder how you missed it before. And then, even better, she says all those things that you were feeling in your gut but had no clue how to express.
Read this book. Learn something. That is all. :)
With that being said, this book was AMAZING. I could go on and on about it, but others have already done that for me. So I'll just post my favourite quotes:
-Many insist that any attempt to level the playing ground is special treatment, and that we must focus on equality of opportunity, without realising that levelling the playing ground is enabling equality of opportunity.
-We don't live in a meritocracy, and to pretend that simple hard work will elevate all to success is an exercise in wilful ignorance.
-This is the difference betwen racism and prejudice. There is an unattributed definition of racism that defines it as prejudice plus power.
-To be "feminist" in any authentic sense of the term is to want for all people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination and oppression.
Reni frames her arguments in such a logical way that makes you wonder how you missed it before. And then, even better, she says all those things that you were feeling in your gut but had no clue how to express.
Read this book. Learn something. That is all. :)