This Is Why I Resist

Don't Define My Black Identity

By: Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu

Narrated by: Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu

Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

This book is the hard conversation we must have.

In 2020 we have seen clearer than ever that Black people are still fighting for the right to be judged by the content of their character and not the colour of their skin. In the words of the author, 'there is no freedom without rights and no rights without the freedom to exercise those rights.'

This book demands change, because Black people are done waiting.

In This Is Why I Resist activist and political commentator, Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu digs down into the deep roots of racism and anti-blackness in the UK and the US. Using real life examples from the modern day, Dr Shola shows us the different forms racism takes in our day-to-day lives and asks us to raise our voice to end the oppression. She delves into subjects not often explored such as racial gatekeepers, white ingratitude, performative allyship (those black squares on Instagram), current identity politics and abuse of the Black trans community.

Where other books take White people by the hand to help them negotiate issues of race, This Is Why I Resist offers no sugar-coated comfort, instead it challenges and asks when white will people progress on race inclusion. Black lives matter, and change is now.

It's time for a conscious revolution.

©2021 Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (P)2021 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

WOW!!

This book spoke to me like no other. I remember Segregation, then Integration. Here we are with racism in the forefront again.It never went anyway. Insidiousness never does. I worry for my grandsons as my mother was worried for my brothers. The definition of Insanity is performing the same action and expecting different results We keep expecting Whites to come to their senses and do the right thing. My Mom used to say that Whites will cut off their noses to spite their face. They are crippling our world by the toxicity brought about by the subjugation of other humans! Enough!

Riveting and Thought Provoking

The book, “This is Why I Resist is!” is well written and narrated. I have gotten to chapter 2 and had to stop immediately and write this review in support of her work. In her book, she gives a riveting account and analysis of racism and explanation of anti-semitism and various derivatives of hate. Her book is thought provoking and logically organized. Dr. Shola delivers her message unapologetically and has grounded it (point by point) in undeniable fact.

The difference in Racism between the US & the UK

I read this book because I have a high school friend that lives in the UK and my nephew lived there for some time. I was interested in the differences in racism between the US & the UK after reading this book it appears to be the same.