Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race
(2017)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
305.8/EDDO-LODGE,R

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 305.8/EDDO-LODGE,R Available

Details

PUBLISHED
London, UK : Bloomsbury Circus, 2017
DESCRIPTION

xvii, 249 pages ; 22 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781408870556, 140887055X, 9781408870563, 1408870568
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

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

In 2014, award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote on her blog 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. Her words hit a nerve. The post went viral and comments flooded in from others desperate to speak up about their own experiences. Galvanised, she decided to dig into the source of these feelings. Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Reni Eddo-Lodge has written a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary examination of what it is to be a person of colour in Britain today --

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