Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Please don't be turned off by the title - this is such an important book to read! White privilege is an extremely tricky topic to have with anyone in person, let alone try to do so in comments. It took me a long time to grasp (or what I thought was my grasp) the meaning and to better understand the depth and breadth of the term. I've learned from this book how weak my grasp is because I'm still putting my parameters on the topic and not actively listening. I struggled a bit with the first three chapters (for that very same reason), but when I got to chapters 4 and 5 I was happy I had not given up. There I received the kind of explanations I needed to put the pieces together in my mind and make me understand more. As much as I liked the audio for its authenticity, I was sorry I didn't have a print copy to highlight the passages I wanted to save and to reread the passages that had flummoxed me. I particularly appreciated the segment on feminism: white women vs non-white. In my career, I truly believed I was fighting not only for myself but for ALL women. Rarely did I put any other qualifiers on to the fight. At first, it was a slap in the face (and a perfect example I think of how the author came up with the title of the book) and then an "Oh! Wait! AHA!" moment. I have since purchased a print copy to read again with a, hopefully, more open (more knowledgeable?) mind.