5 Quotes & Sayings By Reni Eddolodge

Reni Eddo-Lodge is a British journalist and activist who has been a member of the Labour Party since she was a teenager. She was one of the first people to sign up as an organ donor after being diagnosed with cancer, and now lives as a cyborg, using a robot arm to do all her personal care. She is also a feminist, an anti-racist, and a trans rights activist. In 2015 she wrote a book entitled "Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race."

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It's clear that equality doesn't quite cut it. Asking for a sliver of disproportionate power is too polite a request. I don't want to be included. Instead, I want to question who created the standard in the first place. Reni EddoLodge
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White privilege is an absence of the consequences of racism. An absence of structural discrimination, an absence of your race being viewed as a problem first and foremost. Reni EddoLodge
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Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent. Reni EddoLodge
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Demands for equality need to be as complicated as the inequalities they seek to address. Reni EddoLodge