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

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There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.Reni Eddo-Lodge
Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent.Reni Eddo-Lodge
Being an ally means standing up when it’s uncomfortable... Don’t just listen; do.Reni Eddo-Lodge
It took me longer than it should have to realize that fighting racism isn’t a temporary activity.Reni Eddo-Lodge
If you're white, racism is not about you. You're either fighting against it or you're complicit. There's no neutrality.Reni Eddo-Lodge
Racist stereotypes are embedded in thought processes because we live in a racist society.Reni Eddo-Lodge
It is a deception to believe that racism can be overcome by individual acts of decency.Reni Eddo-Lodge
To be an antiracist is a radical political act.Reni Eddo-Lodge
Ignoring the problem is to become complicit in it.Reni Eddo-Lodge
White privilege is a manipulative, suffocating, blanket of power that envelops everything we know.Reni Eddo-Lodge
Structural racism is dozens, or hundreds, or thousands of people with gold chains round their necks running collectively but not as a concerted whole.Reni Eddo-Lodge
You don’t have to be the leader of a global movement or a household name. It can be as small-scale as chipping away at the warped power relations in your workplace.Reni Eddo-Lodge
When I talk about white privilege, I don’t mean that white people have it easyReni Eddo-Lodge
I don’t want to be included. Instead, I want to question who created the standard in the first place.Reni Eddo-Lodge