Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World By Layla F. Saad

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'An indispensable resource for white people who want to challenge white supremacy but don't know where to begin' Robin DiAngelo, author of New York Times bestseller WHITE FRAGILITY'It should be mandatory reading ... Buy the book, do the work and then push more copies into the hands of everyone you know' Emma Gannon'Confrontational and much-needed' Stylist'She is no-joke changing the world and, for what it's worth, the way I live my life.'Anne Hathaway___________Me and White Supremacy shows readers how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of colour, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #MeAndWhiteSupremacy, she never predicted it would spread as widely as it did. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviours, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it. Thousands of people participated, and over 90,000 people downloaded the book.The updated and expanded Me and White Supremacy takes the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and further resources.Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. The numbers show that readers are ready to do this work - let's give it to them.

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I decided to read 'Me and White Supremacy' because I wanted to better understand the views of people railing against pervasive white supremacy. As a white person, I thought I needed to engage sincerely with this debate so that I'm informed and not just dismissing it because it makes me feel uncomfortable. If there is a good moral argument that should direct my action, surely I should look into it. Saad's book is recommended reading by Robin DiAngelo (author of 'White Fragility'), who writes the preface, so you can be sure that her ideas are held in high esteem by those in the critical race theory movement. If you are going to inform yourself about a theory, it is best to use one of its strongest examples. I started reading the book in good faith - being open to the argument presented - but it was soon clear that the book itself was not written in good faith."This is truth work. Tell the truth, as deeply as you can. No side-stepping or surface skimming", Saad writes. This is a great sentiment, of course, but Saad herself does not feel the need to establish the truth of the claims she makes in the book. The biggest claim that is assumed without any need for supporting argument at all is that white people (and even people of colour that can pass as white) are complicit in a system of white supremacy.“You will assume what is being criticized is your skin color and your individual goodness as a person rather than your complicity in a system of oppression that is designed to benefit you at the expense of BIPOC in ways that you are not even aware of.”Complicity is defined as being “involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong.” Saad uses the word a lot. This idea of being guilty merely by being born white (or appearing to be white) does not sit well with me. Saad does not see white people as individuals who should be morally judged on the basis of their actions and intentions, but as a collective that is automatically guilty without any supporting argument needed.On the subject of white people being racist, Saad writes: “Although they are ridiculous when said out loud, racist stereotypes fester internally as subtle, dangerous, and logical-seeming reasons that explain why racism is justified. Though you would never say or consciously believe these stereotypes out loud, they do live inside you. And when coupled with the power you hold as someone with white privilege, these prejudices give you the ability to enforce white supremacy.”Note that even if you don’t consciously believe these racist stereotypes, they live inside you. There is no way to prove your innocence. You are simply guilty and must “do the work” (Saad’s regime of self-enforced brainwashing). How long must you do the work for? Forever. This is something you have to constantly remind yourself about (your guilt and inherent racism) for the rest of your life.The book is heavy. But there are some light moments. In the section on cultural appropriation, Saad writes that it is cultural appropriation for white people to tan. I kid you not. It’s hilarious.Saad herself appears to be a contradictory character. I don’t know anything about her except from what she divulges in the book, but one biographical detail stood out – the fact that she sends her children to the British international school in Doha, Qatar. Saad talks about how difficult it was for her to grow up in Wales in a white supremacist system. How damaging it was for her self-conception. One would expect, if this were true, that a mother would do all she could to shield her children from such an experience. And yet, she decided to send her kids to the British school in Doha where most of the teachers are white. Saad states in the book that she has complained about that fact on numerous occasions, but she does not explain why she chose to send her kids, who I’m sure she loves as much as any mother, to that school at the risk of exposing them to what she had to deal with. Was she forced to send them there? I don’t want to level an ad hominem attack against Saad, but this seems so contradictory.There is no need to get personal. This book fails on its own terms no matter who the author is and how consistent they are with their purported beliefs. Readers might get sucked in and convinced by Saad’s work (there is an internal consistency), but they need to ask themselves how they know the claims Saad makes are true. What evidence has been given? How would one even be able to falsify the argument (using Popper’s idea of falsifiability to judge a theory)? You find that Saad’s argument disappears once you dare to ask questions about what it’s based on.The book has religious overtones. I couldn’t help thinking how easily it fits in with Christian people’s ideas of original sin and the need to atone. If you have been brought up Christian and find yourself attracted to this mode of guilt and atonement, shake it off.Finally (sorry for the long review), I would say that reading the book may actually do you some good if you come out of it vaccinated against the BS it and critical race theorists espouse.

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