"Award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge writes 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."

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race: The Sunday Times Bestseller

Politics & Social Sciences

Reni Eddo-Lodge

Social Sciences

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race: The Sunday Times Bestseller

Bloomsbury Publishing

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION NARRATIVE BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR A BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD The book 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 in Britain today.

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

"I couldn't have a conversation with white folks about the details of a problem if they didn't want to recognise that the problem exists. Worse still was the white person who might be willing to entertain the possibility of said racism but still thinks we enter this conversation as equals. We didn't then, and we don't now." 
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.

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How does it feel to be constantly regarded as a potential threat, strip-searched at every airport? Or be told that, as an actress, the part you're most fitted to play is 'wife of a terrorist'? How does it feel to have words from your native language misused, misappropriated and used aggressively towards you? How does it feel to hear a child of colour say in a classroom that stories can only be about white people? How does it feel to go 'home' to India when your home is really London? What is it like to feel you always have to be an ambassador for your race? How does it feel to always tick 'Other'? Bringing together 21 exciting black, Asian and minority ethnic voices emerging in Britain today, The Good Immigrant explores why immigrants come to the UK, why they stay and what it means to be 'other' in a country that doesn't seem to want you, doesn't truly accept you - however many generations you've been here - but still needs you for its diversity monitoring forms. Inspired by discussion around why society appears to deem people of colour as bad immigrants - job stealers, benefit scroungers, undeserving refugees - until, by winning Olympic races or baking good cakes, or being conscientious doctors, they cross over and become good immigrants, editor Nikesh Shukla has compiled a collection of essays that are poignant, challenging, angry, humorous, heartbreaking, polemic, weary and - most importantly - real.

The Good Immigrant

Inua Ellams

Varaidzo

Chimene Suleyman

Vera Chok

Daniel York Loh

Himesh Patel

Nish Kumar

Wei Ming Kam

Darren Chetty

Kieran Yates

Coco Khan

Sabrina Mahfouz

Riz Ahmed

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Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively:\nNatives, British On Race Identity and Belonging, Why Im No Longer Talking to White People About Race 3 Books Collection Set:\nNatives: 
From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. In this unique book he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today.\nBritish On Race, Identity and Belonging: 
You're British.Your parents are British.Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British.So why do people keep asking where you're from? We are a nation in denial about our imperial past and the racism that plagues our present. Brit(ish) is Afua Hirsch's personal and provocative exploration of how this came to be - and an urgent call for change.\nWhy I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race: 
The book 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 in Britain today.

Natives, British On Race Identity and Belonging, Why Im No Longer Talking to White People About Race 3 Books Collection Set

Akala

Afua Hirsch

Anthropology

Two Roads/Vintage/Bloomsbury Publishing

Black and British A Forgotten History, Natives, Why Im No Longer Talking To White People About Race 3 Books Collection Set

David Olusoga

Pan/Vintage/Bloomsbury Publishing

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Natives, Why Im No Longer Talking To White People About Race 3 Books Collection Set

REBECCA SKLOOT

Pan/Two Roads/Bloomsbury Publishing

Citizen An American Lyric, Natives, Why Im No Longer Talking To White People About Race 3 Books Collection Set

Claudia Rankine

Penguin/Two Roads/Bloomsbury Publishing

Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively:\nSo You Want to Talk About Race, White Fragility, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race 3 Books Collection Set:\nSo You Want to Talk About Race: 
In So You Want to Talk About Race, editor-at-large of The Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word. Perfectly positioned to bridge the gap between people of color and white Americans struggling with race complexities, Oluo answers the questions readers don't dare ask, and explains the concepts that continue to elude everyday Americans.\nWhite Fragility: 
Robin DiAngelo coined the term 'White Fragility' in 2011 to describe this process and is here to show us how it serves to uphold the system of white supremacy. Using knowledge and insight gained over decades of running racial awareness workshops and working on this idea as a Professor of Whiteness Studies, she shows us how we can start having more honest conversations, listen to each other better and react to feedback with grace and humility. It is not enough to simply hold abstract progressive views and condemn the obvious racists on social media - change starts with us all at a practical.\nWhy I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race: 
The book 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 in Britain today.

So You Want to Talk About Race, White Fragility, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race 3 Books Collection Set

Ijeoma Oluo

Robin DiAngelo

Seal Press/Penguin/Bloomsbury Publishing

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