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I‘ve just started reading this book

Nigerian Irish academic Emma Dabiri turns anti-racist activism on its head by questioning the very concept of race. In her lively manifesto, she urges everyone (not just ‘white people‘—and she explains why she uses inverted quote marks for that terminology) to focus on coalition, not allyship, working together towards the common goals of humanity: a healthy planet and an equitable future for all. The audiobook is 3 hours long, read by the author.

Investment in the absoluteness of racial categories is in fact a conservative, fearful choice. What would be truly radical would be to sound the death knell to the fiction that ‘white people‘ constitute a race & that this race is imbued with any natural abilities unavailable to others. The first step is the mainstreaming of knowledge about the invention of race.

Racism is so routinely denied that, unless it is the full-on Klan-congregating-in-your-garden-burning-a-cross variety, many ‘white people‘ will maintain it doesn‘t exist at all.

This book is phenomenal!! It is required reading for everyone. There are some very real and important truths in this book that we all have to hear if we want to really dismantle white supremacy.

If I could scream it from the roof tops I would. Everyone Should Read This BOOK!!

If you like this post. Go ahead and add this to your stack. It's a short three hour Audiobook. It's impactful and important.

I‘m not sure who this book is for. Dabiri offers valid critiques of social media activism/ allyship. But I‘m unsure how it reaches the audience that needs to hear it, as it‘s somewhat academic. She‘s also critical of the term “anti-racism”, but it felt like the folks who say they agree with the ideas of say- feminism, just not the name. ⬇️

It‘s a good weekend to pop onto Foyles website! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼