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Chargement... Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race (original 2017; édition 2019)par Reni Eddo-Lodge (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreWhy I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race par Reni Eddo-Lodge (2017)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This book taught me a lot of things I didn't know about racism in Britain. I honestly didn't know that racism was such a big issue there, and actually assumed that it wasn't as bad as it is in America. I was completely wrong, and must salute and applaud Reni Eddo-Lodge for being such a good researcher and excellent writer. This book should be read by everyone. ( ) Definitely a recommended read for anyone who’s provoked by that title (as was I)! In fact I disregarded this book just because of the title sounding divisive, discriminatory and radical. I took to reading this book because I made a pledge to focus on books that challenged my thinking, challenged my internal confirmation bias. As a socially-liberal centrist, who often disagrees with the solutions intersectional feminism proposes - this book ticks those boxes. I was about to give it five stars but I have a few issues with it. This book reflects the experiences of POC and other marginalized groups in the western world, and therefore the tone is rightfully frustrated and angry. However, sometimes it could be a little more neutral and more aware of it’s own generalizations. Just for the sake of establishing a more productive dialogue. Perhaps most of all I wish she would debate some of the common centrist counter arguments in an intellectually more sophisticated and nuanced way. Anyway, read it, especially if you “disagree” with the title. I am not the target audience for this book, but I still strongly encourage everyone to read it as Eddo-Lodge addresses essential factors underpinning the structure of our society. This year (2018 at time of writing) is exhausting and feels like it's gone on forever. I recognize part of that fatigue has been due to doing ally-adjacent work of explaining in conversations why coded language and power structures are harmful (it's unfair to put the burden of educating the unaware on people of color, but as I am a non-black POC, I feel I can be useful here). A friend was accused of "reverse racism", and their acquaintance had to gently but firmly be informed that racism is prejudice power, so it doesn't check out to accuse their one black acquaintance of it. Eddo-Lodge goes into detail with history and statistics on why this is so. The chapter on intersectionality with feminism also struck a chord with me, as I have [white] female friends who mentioned early in the current administration that they just didn't check the news any more as it was stressful/frustrating/etc. I absolutely understand the need for relief from the firehose onslaught of, well, everything but at the same time, there are fellow citizens who cannot afford to tune out as policy changes immediately affect them. I was caught off guard by this book being centered on British structural racism, but realized that as an American, most of my prior reading is centered on a domestic lens. There's a cool comfort in recognizing other countries have similar issues (though we arguably inherited it from the mother country before ah, making it our own). Not sure if other US readers are aware, but typically when Brits refer to Asians, they mean South Asians instead of East. The Asian diaspora includes everyone descended from Asian countries, but it's an interesting geographical linguistic distinction (and a good reminder that I and fellow east Asian Americans need to show solidarity with our brown brothers and sisters). Societal struggle is not a zero sum game. The "take back our country" rhetoric is frustrating because the success of black and brown people does not diminish white people in the same field. It's not the job of minority folks to educate our white friends, but this book is a good start. Great introduction to delving deeper into racism and showing just how much there is to do and how big the impact is. Definitely something that would be good for someone who's totally unfamiliar with the issue. The one thing that was I guess at least surprising was the couple page interview with Nick Griffin. The justification seemed to be about right of reply laws, which I can't really say anything about. It was hard and weird to read his views at quite a bit of length, though. Necessary reading. Eddo-Lodge presents the history of racism in England with care and candor. Her personal experience along side in-depth research captured my attention so that even when I wanted to look away, I kept going. More inspiration to find and practice ways that I can be the anti-racist in the room. Timely. Powerful.
Reni Eddo-Lodge has become the first black British author to take the overall No 1 spot in the UK’s official book charts. Eddo-Lodge's Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race topped Nielsen BookScan's UK top 50 in the week to 13 June, making her the first black British author to take the top slot since Nielsen began recording book sales in 2001. The only black author to have taken the No 1 spot on the overall charts is the former US first lady Michelle Obama in 2018, with her memoir Becoming. In 2016, analysis from the Bookseller found that a writer was more likely to make it into the bestseller charts if their name was David than if they were from an ethnic minority. Eddo-Lodge responded to news of her achievement on Twitter. "Feels absolutely wild to have broken this record," she wrote. "My work stands on the shoulders of so many black British literary giants - Bernadine Evaristo, Benjamin Zephaniah, Zadie Smith, Andrea Levy, Stella Dadzie, Stuart Hall, Linton K Johnson, Jackie Kay, Gary Younge - to name a few." Last week, Eddo-Lodge became the first black British author to be No 1 on the non-fiction paperback charts, which she called "a horrible indictment of the publishing industry". "Can't help but be dismayed by this - the tragic circumstances in which this achievement came about,” she wrote. "The fact that it's 2020 and I'm the first." Prix et récompensesDistinctions
« Quand des Blancs feuillettent un magazine, surfent sur Internet ou zappent à la télévision, il ne leur semble jamais étrange de voir des gens qui leur ressemblent en position d'autorité. Les affirmations positives de la blanchité sont tellement répandues que le Blanc moyen ne les remarque même pas. Etre blanc, c'est être humain ; être blanc, c'est universel. Je ne le sais que trop, car je ne suis pas blanche." Après l'élection de Barack Obama, certains ont proclamé l'avènement d'une société post-raciale. Avec une liberté de ton décapante, Reni Eddo-Lodge montre ici combien nous en sommes loin. Elle analyse les méfaits d'un racisme structurel persistant d'autant plus sournois qu'il avance masqué. Car le racisme va bien au-delà de la discrimination ou de l'injure personnelle. Il imprègne le récit historique, l'imaginaire collectif, les institutions et les entreprises. Pourquoi les Blancs pensent-ils ne pas avoir d'identité raciale? Pourquoi la simple idée d'un James Bond noir fait-elle scandale? Comment une fillette noire en vient-elle à se persuader qu'en grandissant, elle deviendra blanche? Le racisme n'est pas une question de valeur morale, mais d'exercice du pouvoir. Entretenir la légende d'une égalité universelle n'aide en rien. Au contraire. Car, pour déconstruire le racisme, il faut commencer par reconnaître l'étendue du privilège blanc. »-- 4ème de couverture. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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