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camilleberedjick's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
5.0
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Graphic: Racism, Murder, and Police brutality
keyahla's review
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
“In the moment that white privilege offers itself up to you, can you – will you – say ‘no’?”
This book actually opened my eyes. To say “this is a such a good book” is an understatement. It goes into depth about how racism has been brought to light by George Floyd, white people and how they actually deal with racism, and more.
This book actually opened my eyes. To say “this is a such a good book” is an understatement. It goes into depth about how racism has been brought to light by George Floyd, white people and how they actually deal with racism, and more.
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Graphic: Racism
jazzaling's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
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Moderate: Murder and Racism
questingnotcoasting's review
challenging
informative
4.5
This was brilliant. Uwagba's writing is incisive, urgent and so precise. I wanted to highlight most of the book. She presents larger ideas alongside personal anecdotes and her own cynicism and vulnerability come through. It's only 80 pages but she discusses so many uncomfortable, critical topics - the romanticisation of the Black struggle, whether white allyship will exist after the news cycle moves on, the language of activism, what whiteness actually means and performative allyship on social media.
She also covers several important points about reading. She discusses the problem with anti-racist reading lists being presented as the solution to racism and the "danger that an academic understanding of racism becomes the end goal, rather than anything more substantive or action-focused". She also points out that these lists often include books which are not about anti-racism but are simply by Black authors, meaning "the value of writing by Black authors becomes determined by its ability to be of service to white people", reducing their work to "mere educational resources or instructional guides, ignoring their literary value".
It's a powerful and timely book and I highly recommend it.
She also covers several important points about reading. She discusses the problem with anti-racist reading lists being presented as the solution to racism and the "danger that an academic understanding of racism becomes the end goal, rather than anything more substantive or action-focused". She also points out that these lists often include books which are not about anti-racism but are simply by Black authors, meaning "the value of writing by Black authors becomes determined by its ability to be of service to white people", reducing their work to "mere educational resources or instructional guides, ignoring their literary value".
It's a powerful and timely book and I highly recommend it.
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Graphic: Police brutality and Racism
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