{"product_id":"9780008440442","title":"Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘An important, timely personal essay’ OBSERVER BEST BOOKS OF 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Not taking any bullshit…sharp and stylish…brutal’ GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eIn this powerful and timely personal essay, best-selling author Otegha Uwagba reflects on racism, whiteness, and the mental labour required of Black people to navigate the two.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresented as a record of Uwagba’s observations on this era-defining moment in history – that is, George Floyd’s brutal murder and the subsequent protests and scrutiny of institutional racism – \u003cem\u003eWhites\u003c\/em\u003e explores the colossal burden of whiteness, as told by someone who is in her own words, ‘a reluctant expert’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is it like to endure both racism and white efforts at anti-racism, sometimes from the very same people? How do Black people navigate the gap between what they know to be true, and the version of events that white society can bring itself to tolerate? What does true allyship actually look like – and is it even possible?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressing complex interracial dynamics and longstanding tensions with characteristically unflinching honesty, Uwagba deftly interrogates the status quo, and in doing so provides an intimate and deeply compelling portrayal of an unavoidable facet of the Black experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Whites, Otegha Uwagba, a top author in the realm of cultural and social essays, delves into the complex dynamics of discrimination and relations. Her autobiography is not just a short biography, but a powerful exploration of the burdens of whiteness and the mental labour required to navigate it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Mary Portas (Work Like a Woman), Dolly Alderton (Everything I Know About Love), Bernardine Evaristo (Manifesto), Angela Y. Davis (From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation), and Resmaa Menakem, Msw, Licsw (The Quaking of America).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Otegha Uwagba, Read by Otegha Uwagba","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889204678805,"sku":"9780008440442","price":17.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008440442.jpg?v=1776888312","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008440442","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}