| Title | : | Citizen: An American Lyric / Natives / Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race |
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| ISBN | : | 912390559X |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9789123905591 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | - |
| Publication | : | Published January 1, 2019 |
Citizen An American Lyric, Natives, Why Im No Longer Talking To White People About Race 3 Books Collection Set:
Citizen An American Lyric:
In this moving, critical and fiercely intelligent collection of prose poems, Claudia Rankine examines the experience of race and racism in Western society through sharp vignettes of everyday discrimination and prejudice, and longer meditations on the violence - whether linguistic or physical - which has impacted the lives of Serena Williams, Zinedine Zidane, Mark Duggan and others.
Natives:
From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook. In this unique book he takes his own experiences and widens them out to look at the social, historical and political factors that have left us where we are today.
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race:
The book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is the essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race relations in Britain today.
Citizen: An American Lyric / Natives / Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race Reviews
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An amazing book. Open your eyes! Understand your privilege if you are not black. Don't try to defend yourself, explain yourself. That is NOT the point of this book. Is for you to listen and learn and understand that your reality, just for being white, is a lot easier than of any black person.
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She wasn’t bad……but she was dry…….
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I am going to declare my bias. I write about this book as a white person who has been involved in anti-racist campaigns (including anti-apartheid, rock against racism, the anti-nazi league, oppostion to the Vietnam war, the Iraq War, Defend the Asylum Seeker Campaigns). I disagree with the premise of this book for three reasons: firstly, she doesn't distinguish between BNPs racism (violent attacks) and those who oppose racism but may have unconcious biases (the angry black woman motif); secondly, she doesn't distinguish between individual prejudice and the power of the state to enact racist policies (immigration controls, repatriation, stop and search, etc), thirdly, it denies white people's humanity in caring about racism - white people do care, do cry, do get injured protesting against racism (Blair Peach was killed at an anti-racist demo). By denying white solidarity she denies the possibilites of change (and she admits this - racism she says will exist long after she is dead). In this country black and brown people do need white allies if change is going to come. She is also intellectually dishonest. She talks about categories of class and places herself in the working class. I may agree she is working class if we say she has nothing to sell but her labour (including intellectual labour). However, that is not her class categories - this is a black author who has a voice (on TV, radio, newspaper columns) unlike many of the white people she describes without a sense of their humanity. The book appears to have resonance for white people who are perhaps new to understanding racism and I hope that it is useful - and they can go on to progress their understanding. It also clearly has resonance for black people.
