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Book review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Like many others, I ordered this book in the wake of the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer in America and the wave of Black Lives Matters protests that swept across the globe as a response to his killing. As a white woman, I felt the need to educate myself, conscious that I really needed to be more aware of the history and circumstances in which racism continues to be allowed to thrive. I was keen to try and find out how I could do something, however small, to be a part of the movement to afford change. This book was a good place to start. Reni Eddo-Lodge takes the reader briefly through black history in Britain, explaining some of the foundations of racism in our country and how this has affected black people in Britain. Of the histories and accounts referenced in the opening chapter I only knew of a few high-profile cases, such as the murder of Stephen Lawrence and the Windrush scandal but, I’m ashamed to say, many of the other cases were new to me. This was therefore both enlightening and educational, confirming to me the lack of time and space given to black history within our current education system and British culture more widely. Subsequent chapters seek to open up discussion, debate, and thought about institutional racism, white privilege, fear of a black planet, feminism and race, and class and race. Each chapter is as thought provoking as it is informative. I can’t help but think that white people will read this book and feel challenged and uncomfortable, exposed by their whiteness, while black people will read it and feel their lived experiences are finally being validated. The power of both these things cannot be underestimated. The Journal of Community and Criminal Justice