The Good Ally, Nova Reid
The Good Ally, Nova Reid
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The Good Ally

Author: Nova Reid

Narrator: Nova Reid

Unabridged: 13 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ

Published: 09/16/2021

Synopsis

‘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 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?’

Reviews

Goodreads review by tabby ^_^ on March 19, 2025

this book took a while to read as i was reading it with my book club, which is a chapter every two weeks, but as reid says in the book, it's fine, and probably advised, to leave the book and come back to it (you must come back to it though) so you have time to digest. a book interwoven with facts, s......more

Goodreads review by Frances on September 15, 2021

Essential reading for any (white) person who considers themselves an ally, and a book that has the great potential to change individuals, communities and institutions if we open our hearts and minds to this radical but obtainable possibility. I have been doing the online anti-racism training that the......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on October 22, 2022

Wow, what an incredible eye opening book. Thank you to Nova for her sheer courage and determination to help society do better despite everything she has endured. Would highly recommend this book to anyone willing to do better and are curious about what it means to truly be anti-racist. She has inclu......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on February 21, 2022

The Good Ally delves into a hard subject to read about, whoever you are. Anti-Racism. This might be because you've been oppressed by racism your whole life, and it's traumatic to think about it head-on. Or it might be because it can be hard to accept exactly how much racism has impacted the world yo......more

Quotes

‘Nova’s book for me is a mental health manual for dealing with the everyday issues that arise when navigating a system that seeks to deny the existence of structural racism. She not only gives the reader detailed examples of the things that can and do arise, she also expertly offers solutions that help deal with them.’ ‘ is a powerful trojan horse. While the title calls out to every white person who has wanted to know 'How can I become a good anti-racist ally?', it's content delivers hard-hitting facts, stories, and reflections that remind us that it's not about being good, it's about doing better.’ ‘On the journey to becoming a better and more effective ally, Nova’s book is a must read. It will prompt deep reflection, it will make you smile, and it might even make you cry. Through this process, it powerfully provides the insight and guidance each of us need to be better.’ ‘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.’ Nova’s chapter; ‘Black Women Are Divine’, will be a reference for our people from this point on. It will be what our people go to, in the same way we go to Dr Martin Luther King Jr's Letter from Birmingham Jail. It will be a lifelong reference that will allow us to orient, ground, heal from and make sense of white body supremacy.” Resmaa Menakem, bestselling author of and

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