Publisher accused of 'ripping off' best-selling book on racism

Ben Lindsay’s We Need To Talk About Race has similar cover and title to prizewinning book by Reni Eddo-LodgeThe publisher of a new book about racism in the UK has been accused of “ripping off” Reni Eddo-Lodge’s best-selling polemic Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, after announcing a book with a strikingly similar cover design and title.Ben Lindsay – the author of We Need To Talk About Race – which focuses on race and the church – and his publisher SPCK launched the book online on Thursday.I’m sure that Ben Lindsay’s book makes a lot of relevant points about racism in the church, but the cover art and concept are both heavily influenced by Reni Eddo-Lodge. This public conversation about race must deal with why Black women’s work is so often uncredited and copied. pic.twitter.com/PFQ9aq4ZJP Related: The BBC ripped off my Slay in Your Lane slogan – now I’m being attacked | Yomi Adegoke Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2019-07-18 17:51:47 UTC ]
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