Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race / Reni Eddo-Lodge.

  • Eddo-Lodge, Reni
Date:
2017
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Why I'm no longer talking about race

Description

"In 2014, award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote about her frustration with the way that discussions of race and racism in Britain were being led by those who weren't affected by it. She posted a piece on her blog, entitled: 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race'. Her words hit a nerve. The post went viral and comments flooded in from others desperate to speak up about their own experiences. Galvanised by this clear hunger for open discussion, she decided to dig into the source of these feelings. The result is a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary examination of what it is to be a person of colour in Britain today. Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance, whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class and race, Reni Eddo-Lodge offers a new framework for how to see, acknowledge and counter racism today. Full of clear, bold and keenly felt arguments, [this book] is a wake-up call to a nation in denial about the structural and institutional racism occurring at its heart. It is a timely, essential book by a vital new voice."-- From book jacket.

Publication/Creation

London, UK : Bloomsbury Circus, 2017.

Physical description

xvii, 249 pages ; 22 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and index.

Contents

Histories -- The system -- What is white privilege? -- Fear of a black planet -- The feminism question -- Race and class -- There's no justice, there's just us.

Notes

Selected for our collections by Clara Searle. Clara is a Guyanese Gibraltarian PhD researcher whose work explores diversity and representation within book publishing and western media. She was a Techne Racial Justice Placement Student at Wellcome Collection between September 2022 – February 2023 and selected this book as part of a larger list that aims to disrupt the racist and colonial tradition of collecting that exists historically within Wellcome's library collections.

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    History of Medicine
    ZEP.41
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781408870556
  • 140887055X