Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Eddo-Lodge uses the term Asian to describe people of South Asian origin, such as Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis. She uses the term Black to refer to people of African and Caribbean descent, including people of more than one race. People of color is a broad term that encompasses all racial and ethnic minorities.

Colonialism is a practice of military, political, economic, and social domination involving one country subjugating a people or area, usually for financial gain. Colonizers may impose their laws, language, religion, and other cultural practices on the people they colonize. Modern European colonialism began in the 15th century when European powers first gained a foothold in the New World. At its height, the British colonial empire included holdings in modern Ireland, North America, the Caribbean, and the Indian subcontinent.

The term intersectionality was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989 to provide an analytic framework to understand how different social and political identities intersect to create modes of privilege and discrimination. These identities include race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, caste, disability, and physical appearance. Intersectional feminism fills gaps in traditional white feminism by considering the entwined impact of race and gender on the lives of women of color. As an intersectional feminist, Eddo-Lodge is often at odds with white feminists who fail to advocate for women of color.