Was weiße Menschen nicht über Rassismus hören wollen: aber wissen sollten | 
Trying an audiobook next! I've been wanting to read this one for a while and decided to just listen to the audio version instead of waiting to buy the print book. It's read by the author herself, so it's a very intimate listening experience so far.
pickIt's always a good thing to be reminded that #blacklivesmatter isn't just an american issue. PoC might get shot less often here, luckily, but their lives could be easier nonetheless. And even deeming myself generally non-racist it's the everyday details that makes a good ally.
And I really have a problem with all the nominations therein. It‘s okay when someone tells me “I don‘t wanna be called »black«, call me »coloured«â€. But it‘s fact that there is no easy term like “PoCâ€*) in German. When reading it, it always sounds like “Pock†and that reminds me of the German word for “pox†and, I‘m sorry, I don‘t want to call someone with the same name a disease has.
*) Why should anyone want to be called an abbreviationâ“?
I often see why she feels things are racist. But at the same time I‘m shocked because those things I would never do. That results in asking myself in what kind of world I am living.
Some of her complaints I don‘t get. Yepp, might be racist that most German drugstores don‘t sell shampoo for her hair. But you know it‘s about demand and offer … I mean average German Jane Doe doesn‘t need shampoo for people with the same hair as the author‘s …
so-soMight be I had wrong expectations – but I don‘t get this book. I thought during the lesson of what white people don‘t want to hear about racism but should know, there would be more advice like “Don‘t do this, try that instead.†There ain‘t. The book only tells endless stories of the history of racism. Okay. But how does knowing that help prevent everyday racismâ“🤔 That the author doesn‘t tell. 🙄
I‘m completely shattered and all in tears ðŸ˜. Since early Sunday it is a dramatic week.
This is the first time I can take a breath and touch a book. In need a week of constant medical massage 💆â€â™€ï¸ and physiotherapy plus 2 whole days of sleep 😴.
And hope.
And help.
And someone who re-organises my life.
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