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The Psychosis of Whiteness

Surviving the Insanity of a Racist World

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The Psychosis of Whiteness

By: Kehinde Andrews
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Take a step through the looking glass to a strange land, one where Piers Morgan is a voice worth listening to about race, where white people buy self-help books to help them cope with their whiteness, where Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are seen by the majority of the population as 'the right (white) man for the job'. Perhaps you know it. All the inhabitants seem to be afflicted by a serious delusions, like that racism doesn't exist and if it does it can be cured with a one-hour inclusion seminar, and bizarre collective hallucinations, like the widely held idea that Britain's only role in slavery was to abolish it.

But there is a serious side too. Black and brown people suffer from a greater number of mental health difficulties, caused in no small part by living in a racist society. But being Black and brown has itself been pathologised by the young field of psychology. Society cannot face up to the racism at its heart and in its history, so the delusions, irrationalities and hallucinations it conjures up to avoid doing so can only best be described as a psychosis, and the costs are being borne by the sons and daughters of that racist history.

Kehinde Andrews is your piercing, wry and not a little funny guide back to sanity, unpicking the absurd and outrageous lies society tells to keep up the status quo and The Psychosis of Whiteness is your lifeboat out of this topsy turvey world.

©2023 Kehinde Andrews (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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A very articulate book. Explanation of the history of psychosis was extremely powerful. I would recommend for anyone to read.





Excellent Book

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I loved the narration of the text. Everything was well explained and well delivered with a large pinch of humour. Will listen again

Humor

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This was very informative and enlightening. This has allowed me to open my mind to understand how society is racist and it is amazing how the victims of racism is expected to solve the problem.

Excellent

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You did it again Prof. This was a really good book to listen to. I learnt new things, and I was challenged a few times. The psychosis is real. Definitely will be revisiting this book.

Great insight into racism and whiteness

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Well written and argued. Aside from those who appreciate the intelligence of Prof Andrews it would be great if this book were read by the lost, deluded and ignorant individuals who need the education - one can only hope they’d have the courage.

Well done

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