The Hay 30 – Reni EDDO-LODGE

The world continues to be deeply racist and in order to change this fact we must understand its context. Vanessa Rosales talks to two writers who have studied and reflected on racism and how to fight it. With Reni Eddo-Lodge (UK), journalist and author and one of the most powerful voices in the race debate today. She is a contributor to media outlets such as The New York Times, The Voice, Daily Telegraph and The Guardian, and her first book, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race has caused a global stir. From the world of academia, journalism and activism, the philosopher, writer and activist Djamila Ribeiro (Brazil) occupies a central position in the current struggle for the rights of black and racialized people in Brazil and Latin America. Ribeiro led the Department for Human Rights in the city of São Paulo in 2016 and has been recognized by the BBC as one of the 100 most influential women in the world. In 2019, after publishing her third book, Pequeno manual antirracista (2019), she was awarded the Prince Claus Prize (Netherlands) and chosen by the French Government as a Figure of the Future. Her first book translated into Spanish is Lugar de enunciación (2020).

With the support of Comisión de la Verdad and British Council

The world continues to be deeply racist and in order to change this fact we must understand its context. Vanessa Rosales talks to two writers who have studied and reflected on racism and how to fight it. With Reni Eddo-Lodge (UK), journalist and author and one of the most powerful voices in the race debate today. She is a contributor to media outlets such as The New York Times, The Voice, Daily Telegraph and The Guardian, and her first book, Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race has caused a global stir. From the world of academia, journalism and activism, the philosopher, writer and activist Djamila Ribeiro (Brazil) occupies a central position in the current struggle for the rights of black and racialized people in Brazil and Latin America. Ribeiro led the Department for Human Rights in the city of São Paulo in 2016 and has been recognized by the BBC as one of the 100 most influential women in the world. In 2019, after publishing her third book, Pequeno manual antirracista (2019), she was awarded the Prince Claus Prize (Netherlands) and chosen by the French Government as a Figure of the Future. Her first book translated into Spanish is Lugar de enunciación (2020).

With the support of Comisión de la Verdad and British Council

Reni Eddo-Lodge (UK) is one of the most powerful voices around the debate of race today. Multi-awarded journalist, she writes at The New York Times, The Voice, Daily Telegraph or The Guardian, and has been selected as one of the 100 most inspiring women by Elle, as one of the 30 best young people on digital media by The Guardian and awarded the Women of the World Bold Moves Prize. Her first book, Why I am not longer talking to white people about race, has been a sensation around the world. Based on the blog entry with the same name that went viral in 2014. The book addresses in depth the issue of structural racism and the constant denial about it. The stigma attached to non-white and/or racialised groups, white privilege, and the links between race, gender and class are analysed in this lucid essay. In conversation with Gemma Cairney.

Sponsored by the British Council

Reni Eddo-Lodge (UK) is one of the most powerful voices around the debate of race today. Multi-awarded journalist, she writes at The New York Times, The Voice, Daily Telegraph or The Guardian, and has been selected as one of the 100 most inspiring women by Elle, as one of the 30 best young people on digital media by The Guardian and awarded the Women of the World Bold Moves Prize. Her first book, Why I am not longer talking to white people about race, has been a sensation around the world. Based on the blog entry with the same name that went viral in 2014. The book addresses in depth the issue of structural racism and the constant denial about it. The stigma attached to non-white and/or racialised groups, white privilege, and the links between race, gender and class are analysed in this lucid essay. In conversation with Gemma Cairney.

Sponsored by the British Council

A powerful and provocative argument on the role that race and racism play in modern Britain. Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance, whitewashed feminism and the inextricable link between class and race, the journalist offers a timely and essential new framework for how to see, acknowledge and counter racism. Chaired by Sarfraz Manzoor.