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A review by aforestofbooks
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
5.0
A must read for everyone. I'm so glad I finally picked this up. It was such an educational and inspiring read, and it made me angry in all the right ways. Some of the points brought up, were ironically mirrored in my personal life. My coworker was saying how her husband was stopped for a random check at the airport for no reason other than being "a little tan", and how she told airport security that her husband was "only tan, not actually dark" and therefore shouldn't be seen as suspicious. I stood there, everything I read in this book sort of flashing before my eyes before I said nothing, because a) I was shocked and b) I just started at this job and I was scared of people hating me if I said anything. It just proved all the points that Reni makes in this book, and it's sad and horrifying, and I wish I could have said something, but it's hard when you're a minority and a poc in a white-dominated work environment. Anyway, a book everyone absolutely needs to pick up.