![]() ![]() She was done with talking to white people who'd never had to think about what it meant to be white, or who showed a deep emotional disconnect when she told them about her experience as a black woman, or who - instead of listening while she spoke - were almost instinctively preparing trite counter-arguments in their heads, waiting for her to finish just to tell her that she was wrong - situations that will sound only too familiar to many people of color. In that post, Eddo-Lodge wasn't trying to remove white people from the conversation or take them on a guilt trip rather, she was simply saying that she'd had enough. "Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race" is also the title of a blog post she wrote back in February of 2014. ![]() It's a striking visual representation of white people's blindness to everyday, structural racism - one of the central ideas that British journalist and feminist Reni Eddo-Lodge presents in her debut collection of essays. You have to look closer to see To White People hiding underneath it in debossed letters. Seen from afar, it appears to be called Why I'm No Longer Talking About Race, which is intriguing enough on its own. ![]() The provocative title is hard to ignore, and so is the book's cover. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Author Reni Eddo-lodge ![]()
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