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White Privilege Unmasked: How to Be Part of the Solution
All white people understand cultural differences from a platform of relative privilege, affecting their personal and professional interactions. How should they respond when confronted with this knowledge? This book looks at the concept of 'whiteness', and shows how individuals can 'unmask' their own whiteness and take meaningful steps to break down systematic and structural racism.
Exploring how colonial history resulted in white privilege, this book examines how that privilege manifests today in a culturally diverse world, and the links between the rise in far-right politics and anti-immigration rhetoric that led to Brexit and Donald Trump's election. It looks at the pressures on privilege and white populations, with candid reflections on how even well-meaning white people may project unconscious bias in their everyday lives, including the author's own experiences. There are also dedicated chapters on training to raise awareness of white privilege in professional organizations.
Exploring how colonial history resulted in white privilege, this book examines how that privilege manifests today in a culturally diverse world, and the links between the rise in far-right politics and anti-immigration rhetoric that led to Brexit and Donald Trump's election. It looks at the pressures on privilege and white populations, with candid reflections on how even well-meaning white people may project unconscious bias in their everyday lives, including the author's own experiences. There are also dedicated chapters on training to raise awareness of white privilege in professional organizations.
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Published February 21, 2019
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October 31, 2018
It takes about 20% to warm up. I take it people who pick up this book are already in the know and I understand why she gives so much background, but it got a bit repetitive. She did the whole what I'm going to tell you, told you it and then told you what she told you and it was a bit much. Especially as she kept writing when she was going to tell you as well (i.e. in Chapter x, I'll discuss/etc.).
Once it got past the whole background, there were some profound observations. (The very fact of there being 'races' is part of racism, how the survey for how often you talk about race was every day for non-white people and maybe once a month for white people, how Obama had to be a certain type of black man to get elected while Trump just used his privilege and other ah ha moments I had). But it took a long time getting there, there wasn't much there and there still wasn't given much tangible solution. However I understand that solutions will be difficult and one has to be imaginative.
I found it annoying about the references in the parentheses, these could have been at the back of the book. Also, the charts didn't really show up, but I think it's because it's a net galley copy/uncorrected proof.
I also thought it was weird that she didn't mention Kimberlé Crenshaw when talking about intersectionality.
The part that needs to be taken out is about organisations and what to do there. It comes across like she is trying to sell me something and I think a person who picks up this book, is going to be looking at individual solutions.
It was almost written too simply but was functional. All and all, with some serious editing and cutting, this would be the sort of book I'd devour. I did enjoy it somewhat, but it needs some work.
Once it got past the whole background, there were some profound observations. (The very fact of there being 'races' is part of racism, how the survey for how often you talk about race was every day for non-white people and maybe once a month for white people, how Obama had to be a certain type of black man to get elected while Trump just used his privilege and other ah ha moments I had). But it took a long time getting there, there wasn't much there and there still wasn't given much tangible solution. However I understand that solutions will be difficult and one has to be imaginative.
I found it annoying about the references in the parentheses, these could have been at the back of the book. Also, the charts didn't really show up, but I think it's because it's a net galley copy/uncorrected proof.
I also thought it was weird that she didn't mention Kimberlé Crenshaw when talking about intersectionality.
The part that needs to be taken out is about organisations and what to do there. It comes across like she is trying to sell me something and I think a person who picks up this book, is going to be looking at individual solutions.
It was almost written too simply but was functional. All and all, with some serious editing and cutting, this would be the sort of book I'd devour. I did enjoy it somewhat, but it needs some work.
February 22, 2019
How do you take a topic as nuanced and fascinating as racism and white privilege, a topic so necessary to be discussed in the current era, and make it the most dull and unreadable book ever? This is so dry I barely made it 10% in. I feel like I'm literally reading a doctoral thesis. Am I reading a doctoral thesis? I don't care enough to investigate, but what kind of book has in-text citations? Use footnotes or a citation page! The only way this could be more unreadable is if the audiobook was narrated by Ben Stein.
May 29, 2019
Everyone should read this book. It’s compelling, concise, articulate, challenging, hard-hitting, overwhelming, frightening, conflicting, informative, honest and heartfelt.
I say all this of course, from my own perspective as a white person; and throughout I have continually wondered what my non-white peers take on the book would be.
Judy Ryde, in her revolutionary new book, examines in depth the inherent position of privilege from which all white people live in the world. Writing honestly and openly from her own experiences, she continues her exploration which began with her doctoral research and book Being White in the Helping Professions (Ryde, 2009) to extend discussion and inquiry in to the history of white privilege and how it continues to impact the world we live in today. Ryde makes a resounding and poignant observation, ‘within a racial context, we all are en-raced but white people have been privileged enough not to have noticed it.’ (p148) This is the premise on which the book resides; through carefully constructed and well balanced sentences, I hear a calm and level headed voice throughout, stating shockingly simple truths.
Whilst the book is written for everyone, and as I stated above, everyone should indeed read it, white and non-white, Ryde does emphasise it to be especially directed towards white people, in particular white people working in the helping professions (doctors, therapists, nurses, social workers) (p16). Ryde does extend this invitation however to a wider audience, highlighting the importance for white awareness within education, consultancy and corporate organisations. Conducting much of her research for the book with only white peers (p58), Ryde contends the importance in recognising it is not the responsibility of non-white people to educate white people on race (P148). I have internally battled with this paradox; white people talking amongst each other about race, on the face of it could appear like a contradiction, and the irony hasn’t escaped me as I, a white person, review the book. Ryde is looking specifically at white privilege however, within the wider racial context, and this book is calling white people to acknowledge their whiteness as a race, and confront the deeply embedded historical and cultural myth on which their current privilege sits.
‘I came to see that the problem of racism starts with white people and that, if I am to understand racism, I must first understand myself and the culture in which I am embedded as a white person…it is important for me to remember, as I write this book, that it is impossible for me not to write from inside my own experience. This is also true of the reader when reading it – you can only read it in the light of your own experience. I am white. I come from a culture that is implacably imbued with white experience and a sense of entitlement. I look out of those eyes and see the world from that perspective, however hard I try not to do so.’ (p13-14)
Ryde splits the book in to three parts, Facing Up to White Privilege, The Effects of White Privilege and Making Personal and Societal Changes. This gives the reader an idea of the trajectory in which Ryde successfully and thoroughly tackles this overwhelming subject. She begins with a history of whiteness as a race, highlighting the deeply ingrained assumption of race as a term used only for non-white people. She delves deeper, exploring the impacts of colonisation and the slave trade, of which shapes the very society in which the western world lives, pointing out to the reader that whilst white westerners today may not perceive themselves as personally responsible, they still benefit from this exploitation today, as well as continuing exploitation through slavery and human trafficking, to provide food and clothing consumer goods at a low cost.
‘Evi Hartman (Taplin, 2015) a German researcher, found that with a normal middle-class lifestyle in the West, you would have about 60 slaves working for you in sweat shops and elsewhere all over the world.’ (p49)
Towards the latter part of the book Ryde offers concise step by step exercises designed for consultancy and training in organisations, as well as exercises for the reader. These are accessible and helpful in guiding the reader in beginning to ask themselves the right questions and make steps towards a form of reparation. What Ryde stresses throughout, and is integral to creating potential change, is that a white person has to feel the pain they have caused; we have to fully connect with it. This goes against how our current society functions. Physician Gabor Maté, in an interview last year, made the chilling statement, ‘for this society to function as it is, it has to separate the soul from the body; we wouldn’t treat people the way we do if we had souls.’ (Under The Skin, 2018)
The book is dense and rich, so I will list off other areas which Ryde covers succinctly and informatively: climate change and the current ecological crisis; we exploit and damage the worlds resources and it’s the less “developed” countries that suffer through ice melts, hurricanes and flooding to name a few / how to tackle white privilege on both an individual and then a collective level / drawing parallels with other forms of oppression such as sexuality, class, gender, disability. I was particularly interested in the parallels Ryde draws on neoliberalism’s influence on forms of addiction and addictive behaviour, and how this is exploited to feed a “growing economy”(p132). She astutely draws the comparison between the 12 step program to sobriety with a white persons steps towards reparation (p134).
In chapter 8, Ryde explores a more systemic approach to tackling white awareness and privilege through participative systems thinking,
‘You can never see the totality of a system that you are a part of, for you will always see that system from the perspective of your position within it. (Hawkins, 2018)’ (p104)
She draws connections here with psychotherapeutic theory; Intersubjective Systems Theory, Dialogical Gestalt and Field Theory which contend the self is not an autonomous separate entity but exists as part of a greater whole and cannot be apart from it (p104). She uses this to illustrate the tendency of the white, western world, to view anyone not visibly like them as “other” which encourages the polarised thinking of “us and them.”
I did wonder if some of the language used may appear less accessible to professionals or other readers outside of the psychotherapy world, but overall it cannot be argued that Ryde’s writing style is approachable and easily absorbed.
I feel hopeful here that, with these examples, white people can no longer avoid acknowledging their position of privilege and use this seemingly flawless guide to make changes that could run deeper than ever before. Ryde’s book is informative yet practical; information is broken down in a clear and concise manner, assisting the reader in not becoming too overwhelmed, with what is an extremely overwhelming subject. She is laying it out for the reader in such a way that one can feel guided on this personal journey. This is not to imply it’s not challenging; Ryde is essentially asking all white readers to step out of their comfort zone, to look deeply inward at how it makes them feel on a personal level. Many readers may flick through, maintaining a protective veil of detachment and prematurely place the book on the shelf amongst others. I see this book as a manual of sorts, and one that should be kept on your person or near to hand at all times. It’s both revelatory and revolutionary and scarily late in the day. The book builds in intensity to a kind of crescendo; Ryde is measured and calm throughout but underneath there’s a urgency, an outcry for the reader to take this seriously, to take themselves seriously. By doing so this book could be the beginning of a whole new way of thinking, whereby the white individual and ultimately western cultures take responsibility for their culpability.
Ryde’s book could read as a kind of utopian vision, and she allows herself a glimpse of this towards the end, ‘…until race is no longer an issue, just a faint memory read about in history books. Children will scratch their heads and wonder how people could have thought that the colour of someone’s skin had any meaningful significance.’ (p164).
We can only start with ourselves, and that can begin by reading this book.
I say all this of course, from my own perspective as a white person; and throughout I have continually wondered what my non-white peers take on the book would be.
Judy Ryde, in her revolutionary new book, examines in depth the inherent position of privilege from which all white people live in the world. Writing honestly and openly from her own experiences, she continues her exploration which began with her doctoral research and book Being White in the Helping Professions (Ryde, 2009) to extend discussion and inquiry in to the history of white privilege and how it continues to impact the world we live in today. Ryde makes a resounding and poignant observation, ‘within a racial context, we all are en-raced but white people have been privileged enough not to have noticed it.’ (p148) This is the premise on which the book resides; through carefully constructed and well balanced sentences, I hear a calm and level headed voice throughout, stating shockingly simple truths.
Whilst the book is written for everyone, and as I stated above, everyone should indeed read it, white and non-white, Ryde does emphasise it to be especially directed towards white people, in particular white people working in the helping professions (doctors, therapists, nurses, social workers) (p16). Ryde does extend this invitation however to a wider audience, highlighting the importance for white awareness within education, consultancy and corporate organisations. Conducting much of her research for the book with only white peers (p58), Ryde contends the importance in recognising it is not the responsibility of non-white people to educate white people on race (P148). I have internally battled with this paradox; white people talking amongst each other about race, on the face of it could appear like a contradiction, and the irony hasn’t escaped me as I, a white person, review the book. Ryde is looking specifically at white privilege however, within the wider racial context, and this book is calling white people to acknowledge their whiteness as a race, and confront the deeply embedded historical and cultural myth on which their current privilege sits.
‘I came to see that the problem of racism starts with white people and that, if I am to understand racism, I must first understand myself and the culture in which I am embedded as a white person…it is important for me to remember, as I write this book, that it is impossible for me not to write from inside my own experience. This is also true of the reader when reading it – you can only read it in the light of your own experience. I am white. I come from a culture that is implacably imbued with white experience and a sense of entitlement. I look out of those eyes and see the world from that perspective, however hard I try not to do so.’ (p13-14)
Ryde splits the book in to three parts, Facing Up to White Privilege, The Effects of White Privilege and Making Personal and Societal Changes. This gives the reader an idea of the trajectory in which Ryde successfully and thoroughly tackles this overwhelming subject. She begins with a history of whiteness as a race, highlighting the deeply ingrained assumption of race as a term used only for non-white people. She delves deeper, exploring the impacts of colonisation and the slave trade, of which shapes the very society in which the western world lives, pointing out to the reader that whilst white westerners today may not perceive themselves as personally responsible, they still benefit from this exploitation today, as well as continuing exploitation through slavery and human trafficking, to provide food and clothing consumer goods at a low cost.
‘Evi Hartman (Taplin, 2015) a German researcher, found that with a normal middle-class lifestyle in the West, you would have about 60 slaves working for you in sweat shops and elsewhere all over the world.’ (p49)
Towards the latter part of the book Ryde offers concise step by step exercises designed for consultancy and training in organisations, as well as exercises for the reader. These are accessible and helpful in guiding the reader in beginning to ask themselves the right questions and make steps towards a form of reparation. What Ryde stresses throughout, and is integral to creating potential change, is that a white person has to feel the pain they have caused; we have to fully connect with it. This goes against how our current society functions. Physician Gabor Maté, in an interview last year, made the chilling statement, ‘for this society to function as it is, it has to separate the soul from the body; we wouldn’t treat people the way we do if we had souls.’ (Under The Skin, 2018)
The book is dense and rich, so I will list off other areas which Ryde covers succinctly and informatively: climate change and the current ecological crisis; we exploit and damage the worlds resources and it’s the less “developed” countries that suffer through ice melts, hurricanes and flooding to name a few / how to tackle white privilege on both an individual and then a collective level / drawing parallels with other forms of oppression such as sexuality, class, gender, disability. I was particularly interested in the parallels Ryde draws on neoliberalism’s influence on forms of addiction and addictive behaviour, and how this is exploited to feed a “growing economy”(p132). She astutely draws the comparison between the 12 step program to sobriety with a white persons steps towards reparation (p134).
In chapter 8, Ryde explores a more systemic approach to tackling white awareness and privilege through participative systems thinking,
‘You can never see the totality of a system that you are a part of, for you will always see that system from the perspective of your position within it. (Hawkins, 2018)’ (p104)
She draws connections here with psychotherapeutic theory; Intersubjective Systems Theory, Dialogical Gestalt and Field Theory which contend the self is not an autonomous separate entity but exists as part of a greater whole and cannot be apart from it (p104). She uses this to illustrate the tendency of the white, western world, to view anyone not visibly like them as “other” which encourages the polarised thinking of “us and them.”
I did wonder if some of the language used may appear less accessible to professionals or other readers outside of the psychotherapy world, but overall it cannot be argued that Ryde’s writing style is approachable and easily absorbed.
I feel hopeful here that, with these examples, white people can no longer avoid acknowledging their position of privilege and use this seemingly flawless guide to make changes that could run deeper than ever before. Ryde’s book is informative yet practical; information is broken down in a clear and concise manner, assisting the reader in not becoming too overwhelmed, with what is an extremely overwhelming subject. She is laying it out for the reader in such a way that one can feel guided on this personal journey. This is not to imply it’s not challenging; Ryde is essentially asking all white readers to step out of their comfort zone, to look deeply inward at how it makes them feel on a personal level. Many readers may flick through, maintaining a protective veil of detachment and prematurely place the book on the shelf amongst others. I see this book as a manual of sorts, and one that should be kept on your person or near to hand at all times. It’s both revelatory and revolutionary and scarily late in the day. The book builds in intensity to a kind of crescendo; Ryde is measured and calm throughout but underneath there’s a urgency, an outcry for the reader to take this seriously, to take themselves seriously. By doing so this book could be the beginning of a whole new way of thinking, whereby the white individual and ultimately western cultures take responsibility for their culpability.
Ryde’s book could read as a kind of utopian vision, and she allows herself a glimpse of this towards the end, ‘…until race is no longer an issue, just a faint memory read about in history books. Children will scratch their heads and wonder how people could have thought that the colour of someone’s skin had any meaningful significance.’ (p164).
We can only start with ourselves, and that can begin by reading this book.
December 31, 2025
I’ve always been quite hesitant to rate nonfiction books in general, (and normally I stray away from doing so) but since this book provoked such an eye twitching reaction out of my writing style wise I’m going to!
Now, the main reason that this book is even a 3 stars from me is rested on the undeniably imperative subject matters being discussed in it. These topics include (yet are not limited to) white privilege, race, class, education intersections, historical context for modern day racism, etc. If this book didn’t center around these issues I would have rated my reading experience of it lower because the writing was unfortunately really odd to me.
When describing certain racial injustice contexts, for example, the author of this book would randomly insert quotes from authors who were sometimes not even writing about racial issues, and it just felt very disjointed and oddly placed to read about. The writing also had a bit of a elementary way of letting the reader know what subject they would be delving into next, such as saying, “And now I’m going to be discussing…” with immediately repeating that same phrase at the beginning of the next chapter in which they are discussing said issue. I don’t know, I personally like to be able to critically put context and literary clues together when I’m reading, not needing to be reminded of the subject at hand constantly.
Now, apologies for the harsh sounding review! This book definitely had critical educational moments to it, which I deeply appreciate! Specifically learning more in depth about how religion can be a significant factor in many past (and current religions) justifying inhumane treatment of people of color was an eye opening point to read about that I never considered prior. I also found that the added tips on how to combat racism/own up to white privilege to be important as well.
Now, the main reason that this book is even a 3 stars from me is rested on the undeniably imperative subject matters being discussed in it. These topics include (yet are not limited to) white privilege, race, class, education intersections, historical context for modern day racism, etc. If this book didn’t center around these issues I would have rated my reading experience of it lower because the writing was unfortunately really odd to me.
When describing certain racial injustice contexts, for example, the author of this book would randomly insert quotes from authors who were sometimes not even writing about racial issues, and it just felt very disjointed and oddly placed to read about. The writing also had a bit of a elementary way of letting the reader know what subject they would be delving into next, such as saying, “And now I’m going to be discussing…” with immediately repeating that same phrase at the beginning of the next chapter in which they are discussing said issue. I don’t know, I personally like to be able to critically put context and literary clues together when I’m reading, not needing to be reminded of the subject at hand constantly.
Now, apologies for the harsh sounding review! This book definitely had critical educational moments to it, which I deeply appreciate! Specifically learning more in depth about how religion can be a significant factor in many past (and current religions) justifying inhumane treatment of people of color was an eye opening point to read about that I never considered prior. I also found that the added tips on how to combat racism/own up to white privilege to be important as well.
March 25, 2022
This is such an important topic, but I can't help but feel that the author missed the mark here. I don't know if it was just put together poorly (as other readers have mentioned) or something else entirely, but I don't feel like the intention of the author was fully realized in the text.
May 29, 2019
Reviewing Judy Ryde’s book White Privilege Unmasked – How to be Part of the Solution, 2019, Jessica Kindersley Publishers, London
Judy Ryde’s book is that rare combination of academic breadth and experiential persuasion to engage us with the issues of white privilege she is exploring. She invites us and supports us in having the courage to acknowledge the unavoidable historical burden – racist residues in contemporary people who have inherited a history of exploitation of black people. She is speaking to the reader as if to a travelling companion equally curious and excited about discovering for practical and emotional use - not just for information - the collective history of colonialism and slavery which could thrive so widely, because in the 19th century human beings were organised in hierarchies of worth according to the colour of their skin. This both expressed and created racism, justifying - post fact - the exploitation of African people for the duration of slavery. As we know - the whiter we were, the more privileged we were, finding a world around us which accommodated people like us without the rub if cultural dissonances – while darker people were barely considered human. Judy analyses these long roots of racism in order to strengthen her deeply felt demand that while people must recognise that traces of such past privilege still forms part of our more or less conscious orientation to black and non-white people – quite apart from the physical/architectural traces which embody the vast wealth which accrued to British people from slavery. The crowning abuse perhaps the fact that at the end of slavery, slave owners were lavishly compensated for losing their “property,” while there was no compensation for slaves! Black people now unavoidably receive cultural, economic and interpersonal residues of our insufficiently owned, often deeply hidden racism. Current racist abuse ranges from hate crimes to discrimination in the worlds of school, health and work, interfering with black people fulfilling their potential - to subtle lack of ease in interpersonal encounters with white people with unworked through feelings of guilt and shame. Judy emphasises that even while consciously we may deny being racist - we cannot but carry aspects of our past history with us and need to find ways of taking responsibility for it. I speak with the experience of a German person who could not not be aware of the Holocaust, trying to make reparation for it and all the more passionately upholding the idea of equality, because its denial lead to greatest catastrophe of the 20th century. Therefore, I particularly appreciated Judy’s experience-based proposals how, as readers we can enter into the consciousness raising intensive work on 1. clarifying how our (residual) racism affects black people, 2. How we can work through the communicative barriers of this historical legacy that interferes in our contact with black people – and everybody is diminished..
This is a rare book which is both academically satisfying since Judy widely pulls her fellow travellers in the field of combatting racism into the conversation – but the best and unparalleled thing is her generosity in making her proven experiential tool kit available which has enabled her students, trainees, supervisees and training group members to take it up and run with it. And her friends! I’m committed thanks to Judy’s work and wisdom!
Michaela von Britzke, CQSW, MA Psychotherapy and Counselling, MA Shakespeare Studies
Judy Ryde’s book is that rare combination of academic breadth and experiential persuasion to engage us with the issues of white privilege she is exploring. She invites us and supports us in having the courage to acknowledge the unavoidable historical burden – racist residues in contemporary people who have inherited a history of exploitation of black people. She is speaking to the reader as if to a travelling companion equally curious and excited about discovering for practical and emotional use - not just for information - the collective history of colonialism and slavery which could thrive so widely, because in the 19th century human beings were organised in hierarchies of worth according to the colour of their skin. This both expressed and created racism, justifying - post fact - the exploitation of African people for the duration of slavery. As we know - the whiter we were, the more privileged we were, finding a world around us which accommodated people like us without the rub if cultural dissonances – while darker people were barely considered human. Judy analyses these long roots of racism in order to strengthen her deeply felt demand that while people must recognise that traces of such past privilege still forms part of our more or less conscious orientation to black and non-white people – quite apart from the physical/architectural traces which embody the vast wealth which accrued to British people from slavery. The crowning abuse perhaps the fact that at the end of slavery, slave owners were lavishly compensated for losing their “property,” while there was no compensation for slaves! Black people now unavoidably receive cultural, economic and interpersonal residues of our insufficiently owned, often deeply hidden racism. Current racist abuse ranges from hate crimes to discrimination in the worlds of school, health and work, interfering with black people fulfilling their potential - to subtle lack of ease in interpersonal encounters with white people with unworked through feelings of guilt and shame. Judy emphasises that even while consciously we may deny being racist - we cannot but carry aspects of our past history with us and need to find ways of taking responsibility for it. I speak with the experience of a German person who could not not be aware of the Holocaust, trying to make reparation for it and all the more passionately upholding the idea of equality, because its denial lead to greatest catastrophe of the 20th century. Therefore, I particularly appreciated Judy’s experience-based proposals how, as readers we can enter into the consciousness raising intensive work on 1. clarifying how our (residual) racism affects black people, 2. How we can work through the communicative barriers of this historical legacy that interferes in our contact with black people – and everybody is diminished..
This is a rare book which is both academically satisfying since Judy widely pulls her fellow travellers in the field of combatting racism into the conversation – but the best and unparalleled thing is her generosity in making her proven experiential tool kit available which has enabled her students, trainees, supervisees and training group members to take it up and run with it. And her friends! I’m committed thanks to Judy’s work and wisdom!
Michaela von Britzke, CQSW, MA Psychotherapy and Counselling, MA Shakespeare Studies
September 5, 2018
I wanted to and looked forward to reading this book due to its content, the current state of the nation, and the election of Donald Trump as President, which has ushered in a new level of hatred and overt racism. I was hoping to learn some new ways of engaging about my white privilege and how I can have open and honest dialogue about the rapid backward shift that is occurring in the U.S. since 2016.
The author did quite a bit of research and referred to several academic articles in the telling of the history of white privilege. Unfortunately, for me, it was not new information, and it did not provide new strategies or talking points, which I was hoping it would from the description.
It started off well, but then became too bogged down with the research and history-telling whereas I was hoping for more in-depth and concrete suggestions on how to have dialogues and communicate and how to be part of a solution to combat racism.
I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
The author did quite a bit of research and referred to several academic articles in the telling of the history of white privilege. Unfortunately, for me, it was not new information, and it did not provide new strategies or talking points, which I was hoping it would from the description.
It started off well, but then became too bogged down with the research and history-telling whereas I was hoping for more in-depth and concrete suggestions on how to have dialogues and communicate and how to be part of a solution to combat racism.
I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
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