Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

I’m no longer engaging with white people on the topic of race.

I titled it ‘Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race’.

On 22 February 2014, I published a post on my blog. WHY I’M NO LONGER TALKING TO WHITE PEOPLE ABOUT RACE Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race is her first T&T

She has written for the New York Times, the Voice, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, Stylist, the Pool, Dazed and Confused, and the New Humanist. RENI EDDO-LODGE is a London-based, awardwinning journalist. Here's hoping her generation have more success than mine. It's just that racism and class oppression are really difficult to change. Just, you know, because people born in the 1989 didn't invent being really upset with society. 'There's no justice, just us' which she attributes to Terry Pratchett is an activist slogan dating back at least to the 80s - I had a Levellers t-shirt with that on in 1994 and it appears as a call and response chant on a Chumbawamba live album from the year before. 'Structures are made of people' which is a clever thing her friend said is a Crass lyric from 1981. Oh, and Fear Of A Black Planet is a Public Enemy album from 1990, but she implies that its an expression she has invented to describe fear of black people. However, my disagreements really are very minor compared to the agreements so I won't even bring them up except to say that she is basically on the cusp of becoming a communist and thats going to surprise her when she finds out. Why? Because I agree with almost everything she says and every conclusion she draws and so it felt like I was mostly reading a load of really obvious thoughts peppered occasionally with bits that I really didn't agree with. It won the 2018 British Book Awards Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year, the 2018 Jhalak Prize, was chosen as Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Year, was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Orwell Prize and shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Non-Fiction.įor a four star book I kind of struggled with this at times. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race is her first book. She has also been listed in Elle's 100 Inspirational Women list, and The Root's 30 Black Viral Voices Under 30. She is the winner of a Women of the World Bold Moves Award, an MHP 30 to Watch Award and was chosen as one of the Top 30 Young People in Digital Media by the Guardian in 2014. She has written for the New York Times, the Voice, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, Stylist, Inside Housing, the Pool, Dazed and Confused, and the New Humanist. Reni Eddo-Lodge is a London-based, award-winning journalist.

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge