A powerful and evocative piece of writing.

This powerful and evocative piece of writing has taught me a great deal about the struggles that many people have to go through in order to be heard and that nobody would judge any other human being - we are all equal.

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Absolutely brilliant!!!

Eddo-Lodge finally articulates the black british experience in a way that has never been done before. She perfectly encapsulates the difficulties of talking about race to white people that every person of colour immediately recognises. This is such an important book and gives us all the language to identify and break down structural racism. EVERYONE should read this book.

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Necessary read for the privileged.

What did you like most about Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race?

After reading quite a few books on race over the last twelve months I was sceptical about what else it could shed a light on that I hadn't already picked up elsewhere but this book covered topics I'd never even considered before (for example multiracial children and their family lives).

What other book might you compare Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race to, and why?

Given it's British focus, the other book I have read recently on British racism has been Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga. Having recently been spreading the word about that book, I think the two of them contribute each other wonderfully as essential reading.

Which character – as performed by Reni Eddo-Lodge – was your favourite?

There was no performance: she was her insightful self.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I did listen to it all in one sitting, so yes.

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Thankyou.

This book refreshed what I knew and taught me more.. and as a black British woman it gave me strength to carry on. I will encourage my white friends to read this book. I will now be OK about not talking to my white friends about race, when I don't feel up to it or when I meet white people who are defensive and won't look at their privilege and entitlement. Thankyou.

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Excellent take on contemporary Brit race relations

an excellent take on contemporary British racism and race relations. Essential reading for anybody below 18 IMO

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loved it!

Highly recommended! if you want to really understand racism in the UK. Everything Reni's written is what I've tried to articulate before now will pass this book on to those who want to know

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Essential reading for everyone

Absolutely brilliant explanation to help understand the historic and current structures of racism and prejudice in place.

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Essential Reading

I purchased the audiobook rather than the book because I felt that listening would help me to be more present with the material, and allow conscious and unconscious biases to be engaged and challenged.

I already considered myself to be an actively antiracist white person, but this book has been a tremendous education - on histories that I have not been taught; on culture that has been co-opted, used, censored and erased; on systems and behaviours I have not adequately challenged; and how I can be a better ally and support.

I would encourage people to buy the audiobook, and to pause and reflect between chapters (or, if one feels resistance to the text) in order to really allow the material to sink in, and to challenge entitlement, guilt, or the notion of opting out, because “I’m one of the good ones.”

This book should be taught in schools in the UK and beyond.

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Incredible and illuminating

Truly an incredibly important book read wonderfully by the author.

Everyone should read this, especially my fellow white British folx ignorant and coddled of the history of these Isles, and the Black and POC experience.

I just wanted to to positively review and recommend this book/ audio book because I think your time would be much better spent reading/ watching a review from a BIPOC person than mine.

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A must read 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

With the current movement going on around the world, this book should be made compulsory across all sections of society beginning with education.

How will change happen, if people don't recognize the injustices of systemic racism. For those who say they want changes, it will help them understand exactly what racism is, and its impact on people's lives.

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