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Title:

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Written by:

Reni Eddo-Lodge 

Read by:

Reni Eddo-Lodge 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

5 

Duration:

5 hours 54 minutes 

Published:

September 01 2020 

Available Date:

September 01 2020 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9780655697534 

Genres:

Non-fiction; Politics & Current Affairs 

Publisher:

Bolinda/Audible audio 

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Price

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GBP£ 19.98

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#1 bestselling author
Award winning author
Debut novel
UK Author

The title that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is the essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race relations today.

In February 2014, Reni Eddo-Lodge posted an impassioned argument on her blog about her deep-seated frustration with the way discussions of race and racism in Britain were constantly being shut down by those who weren't affected by it. She gave the post the title 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race'. Her sharp, fiercely intelligent words hit a nerve and the post went viral, spawning a huge number of comments from people desperate to speak up about their own similar experiences. Galvanised by this response, Eddo-Lodge decided to dive into the source of these feelings, this clear hunger for an open discussion. The result is a searing, illuminating, absolutely necessary exploration of what it is to be a person of colour in Britain today, covering issues from eradicated black history to white privilege, the fallacy of 'meritocracy' to whitewashing feminism, and the inextricable link between class and race. Full of passionate, personal and keenly felt argument, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is a wake-up call to a nation in denial about the structural and institutional racism occurring in our homes.

'This is a book that was begging to be written. This is the kind of book that demands a future where we'll no longer need such a book. Essential.'
Marlon James

'An incisive and uncompromising commentator on the iniquities of oppression ... Comprehensive and journalistic, the book leaves a devastating trail of case histories, statistical and anecdotal evidence, personal stories and opinion about the manifestation of overt and covert racism ... Eddo-Lodge is a gifted writer, with a talent for bringing together debates around race, gender and class in a timely and accessible way.'
The Times Literary Supplement