“Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race” è uno dei libri più interessanti sul concetto di ‘razza’ che siano mai stati scritti. L’autrice è Reni Eddo-Lodge, giornalista, ha scritto per: New York Times, Independent, Stylist, the Pool, Dazed and Confused and the New Humanist. Why I’m no longer talking to White People about Race è il suo primo libro ed è stato il bestseller del Sunday Times. Il libro di Reni Eddo-Lodge è stato definito uno dei più influenti tra i testi scritti da una donna. Inserito nel 2017 tra i titoli più importanti insieme a quello di Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch. Un libro che analizza il tema del razzismo in Inghilterra e la questione della ‘razza’ attraverso un’analisi puntuale ma con una freschezza tale da rendere non solo attuali ma globali i concetti espressi. Partendo dall’analisi storica la scrittrice analizza il ‘sistema’ e, soprattutto, il ‘white privilege’ dei ‘bianchi’ rispetto ai ‘neri’ e che, di fatto, li allontana creando due universi paralleli che quando si incontrano troppo spesso si scontrano anche nel dibattito quotidiano. Addentrandosi nella questione femminista Reni Eddo-Lodge raggiunge l’apice della questione razzismo- femminismo e cita Andre Lorde: “Il tuo silenzio non ti proteggerà. Chi vince quando non parliamo? Non noi“, eccone un estratto:
“I used to be scared of being perceived as an angry black woman. But I soon realised that any number of authentic emotions I displayed could and would be interpreted as anger. My assertiveness, passion and excitement could all be wielded against me. Not displaying anger wasn’t going to stop me being labelled as angry, so I thought: fuck it. I decided to speak my mind. The more politically assertive I became, the more men shouted at me. Performance artist Selina Thompson told me that when she thinks of what it means to be an angry black woman, she thinks of honesty. There is no point in keeping quite because you want to be liked. Often, there will be no one fighting your corner but yourself. It was black feminist poet Andre Lorde who said: ‘your silence will no protect you’. Who wins when we don’t speak? Not us”.
Reni Eddo-Lodge ‘The feminist question” (Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race)
L’ultimo capitolo, conclusivo, è esso stesso l’elaborazione del concetto di differenza razziale e del suo superamento: “There’s no Justice, There’s Just Us”
“This is the most important book I’ve read in several years. It’s beautifully written, powerful, moving and rightly distressing. As such, this review will be a little unusual. I will not critique the book (as I have others on this site). This is partly because I am entirely convinced, and partly because that would be fundamentally missing the point. We (white people) stand accused of wilful ignorance; of refusing to recognise structural racism; and of indignantly shouting down proposed reforms. We urgently need to start listening to people of colour, reflecting on our practices and doing far better”.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-9781408870570/
| Published: | 01-06-2017 |
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| Format: | EPUB/MOBI eBook (Watermarked) |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Extent: | 272 |
| ISBN: | 9781408870570 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing |