Reni Eddo-Lodge

Reni Eddo-Lodge is an award-winning author and journalist. Her areas of interest include feminism and racism, primarily within Great Britain. After years of addressing such topics through journalism, podcasts, and meetings with other influential persons, Eddo-Lodge decided to write this book. As this book was written in 2017, its publication was seen as essential to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Eddo-Lodge’s primary interest was originally feminism but she soon found that discussing feminism without discussing racism was not an option. Her work now focuses on structural and institutional racism with the hopes of improving the current conditions around the world. This book was written out of frustration for the ignorance displayed by people when it comes to racism, especially white people. Eddo-Lodge’s writing is very knowledgeable and to the point. She is highly informed in the topics mentioned and she is very assertive in such...