Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race / We Should All Be Feminists / Dear Ijeawele Quotes

“It's truly a lifetime of self-censorship that people of colour have to live. The options are: speak your truth and face the reprisals, or bite your tongue and get ahead in life.”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race / We Should All Be Feminists / Dear Ijeawele

“There is a difference between saying 'we want to be included' and saying 'we want to reconstruct your exclusive system.”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race / We Should All Be Feminists / Dear Ijeawele

“While the black British story is starved of oxygen, the US struggle against racism is globalised into the story of the struggle against racism that we should look to for inspiration -- eclipsing the black British story so much that we convince ourselves that Britain has never had a problem with race.”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race / We Should All Be Feminists / Dear Ijeawele

“It must be a strange life, always having permission to speak and feeling indignant when you're finally asked to listen.”
― Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race / We Should All Be Feminists / Dear Ijeawele