PopSugar 2020 Reading Challenge Prompt: N/A

Other PS 2020 reading prompts this would satisfy: A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club, A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics, A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins, A book by a WOC, A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads, A book by or about a journalist, A book with more than 20 letters in its title

TW: Cruelty/abuse, racism, racial slurs, violence, death, classism



I was surprised by the content in Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race. I mean, I knew the book was obviously about race and the role that white folks play in perpetuating racist policy and acts. What I was surprised by was that this book is about the history of racist policy and laws in the U.K. And I mean, I realize that racism isn’t just in the U.S., but I ignorantly never really thought about how Black and Brown folks were subject to slavery and racist acts in other countries. I associate the U.S. so strongly with racism, I didn’t think about it elsewhere. I was really glad to read this book and open my eyes to other policies and historical events that have taken place in and shaped the U.K.


In a critical exploration of the history of racism in the U.K., Eddo-Lodge explains what it is like to be POC in Britain. 


Like most books about race and the history of how Whites have continuously ingrained policy, laws, and acts with racism, this is an incredibly uncomfortable read. But it’s absolutely necessary anti-racist reading. It educated me on things that I never even had an inkling in. While the U.K. isn't anywhere as violent as the U.S. when it comes to things like gun violence and such, there have been a lot of events in older and recent history that are in many ways comparable to what happens in the U.S. on daily scales. I feel so much more knowledgeable after reading this book, and I’m so glad I read it.

I’ll say that the book was really dense at times, which made it feel more like a textbook, but it’s understandable due to the book’s content.






This wasn’t an easy book to read, but it isn’t incredibly long and the chapters are manageable. At times, the writing was dense and hard to follow, but by reading it slowly I was able to take in the content to better educate myself and become more knowledgeable about racism in the U.K.




Goodreads rating: ★★★★☆