I live in the UK, and I’m British.
Most of the popular books about racism that I see are about explaining racism to white people.
For example:
* Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
* White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
My family is Indian South African.
Fairly frequently, other British Asian people tell me I’m not \*really\* Indian because I can’t speak an Indian language. When I was in primary school, (white) pupils at my private school would tell me I wasn’t \*really\* South African, because I didn’t enjoy rugby… :/ even when I had just moved from South Africa!
Even books like this
* We’re Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire by Ian Sanjay Patel
Which are about a history that I might enjoy learning about… kinda feel like they’re addressing white people in the title.
Racism to me is multi-dimensional, and deeply nuanced but the books that I see are all about explaining the really basic first dimension…
Every time I read a book about this, I read it and I feel very frustrated because they spend so much time focusing on convincing the reader that racism is deeply embedded into British/American/whatever society.
Most books about sexism/feminism are not addressed at men! Most books about homoophobia/transphobia/queer activism/etc are addressed to the community affected, not cishet people.
Are there any books about anti-racism/racism that I might enjoy?
by dotCoder876
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Uma Mestry has done a genuinely gorgeous photo/commentary book chronicling the complexities – including racial ones – of the Indian South African identity, which she shares. You may find something there.
Ashwin Dasai would also be someone to look into as well. He’s written quite a lot