Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

This is a very good book. Even though the author writes about British racism, much of the book is relevant to the United States. Case in point, she writes, " A seemingly innocuous phrase has become naturalized in British politics over the last decade. The phrase 'white working class' is supposed to describe a group of disadvantaged and under-represented people in Britain. When she threw her hat in the ring for the 2015 Labour Party leaership contest, Leicester West's MP Liz Kendall explicitly let it be known that she was interested in supporting the white working-class children....

The phrase 'white working class' plays into the rhetoric of the far right. Affixing the word 'white' to 'working class' suggests that these people face structural disadvantage because they are white, rather than because they are working class." (pages 201-202)

I still remember all the hand wringing of many white liberals regarding that Trump won because the white working class was ignored. [I have a differnet opinion] "Hillbilly Elegy" became a poplular book. Why do not many white people mention the black working class or the working class in general? Why are people of color often ignored until they are need to vote in some election? This book raises lots of questions that should not be ignored by the individual or society.

First of all, the cover design is genius.

What she talks about in this book is situations I've been in and feelings I've felt but never knew how to express them as eloquently as she has in this book.

Truly excellent.

Really important read. It challenged me, made me think and illuminated new ways of looking at the world, at feminism, at class at my role in social change. Highly recommended to everyone