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It doesn't matter your race, age, class, gender, I would recommend everyone reads this book. Whether or not you agree with everything the author says (I know I don't), you'll be sure to learn something new about the topic and reality of racial discrimination in today's British society, you'll question yourself over things you hadn't ever stopped to consider and you will see the world a little differently. The most harrowing chapters for me were the first two which were based on the history of sl
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This was an interesting read. I pride myself on knowing the history, struggle and triymphs of my people however I'm most ashamed to admit that when it comes to Black British history I'm not as well versed
as I am on Afro American History. For this reason I found this to be a very informative introduction into this realm. I loved the fact that it plays on the adage "don't judge a book by it's cover" if you do, you will assume the Eddo-Lodge is excluded white people from the conversation when in ...more
as I am on Afro American History. For this reason I found this to be a very informative introduction into this realm. I loved the fact that it plays on the adage "don't judge a book by it's cover" if you do, you will assume the Eddo-Lodge is excluded white people from the conversation when in ...more
Would have been 5 stars but I think I'm just a bit late to this and a lot of it I'd read in other places (guardian etc)
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Oct 29, 2017
Pat
marked it as to-read
