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The Good Ally

By: Nova Reid
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 ‘I invite you to be courageous and get comfortable with being uncomfortable, because any discomfort you feel is temporary and pales in comparison to what black and brown people often have to experience on a daily basis. Are you ready? Let’s get started, we have work to do.’

The Good Ally is an urgent call to arms to become better allies against racism and provides a thoughtful approach, centering collective healing, to do so.

It is a book for those against persistent racial injustice, hungry to expand their knowledge and understanding of systemic racism in Britain and beyond. It uncovers the roots of racism and its birthplace, anti-Blackness.

It is for those who not only want to be able to better recognise both subtle and overt forms of racism in action, to examine their powerful role in it, but who want to know what to do about it. The answer often lies within.

The Good Ally is the answer to ‘what next?’

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Critic reviews

"Nova Reid is one of the most generous, open-hearted, energising writers working today. The Good Ally is a beautiful, bold and no-BS guide to getting uncomfortable, digging deep and being fully human. It will be the best and hardest work you ever do. You will not regret it." (Emma Gannon)

“Powerful, exhilarating and confronting, this book stayed at the front of my thoughts, long after I'd finished it.” (Zoe Williams)
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At times uncomfortable for a white person to hear but very worthwhile persevering - eye-opening to understand what you have probably known all along but unconsciously decided to not acknowledge

Eye-opening stuff thank you

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Often people say they are committed to being anti-racist, without really understanding what this statement means. Nova sums it up, warts and all in this amazing book, that will speak to your soul and ignite a real hunger for change in you. If you are serious about becoming anti-racist and more, this is definitely the book for you!

Truth to Power

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This book and it's author shares a level of honesty, hard facts and courage that are both moving and educational.

It is audio that will speak to both your head and heart.

Hard to hear and most definitely harder for the author to say, there are plenty of personal stories, facts and models we can all learn to apply in our own lives.

Three words stay with me - choice, compassion and courage.

Written for the head and heart

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Despite the advice that as a black person I am not the target audience, I went ahead out of curiosity and in solidarity, only to find I was reliving parts of my past in many of Nova's experinces. At other times I was confronted with elements of my own internalised white supremacy that I was so unaware of. This book allows you to empathically check yourself. A must read 📚 for all.

A must for the curriculum

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I cannot recommend this book enough. The profound impact this book will have in your life and the world is immeasurable, you just need to open it and start.

“Be courageous, it’s contagious” Nova Reid

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