British journalist and author Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote "Why I no longer talk to whites about race", as a further development on a blog post from 2014. In the noted blog post, Reni Eddo-Lodge described why she stopped talking about race with people who deny that structural racism exists.

As part of the demonstrations following the death of African American George Floyd, the book has resumed strongly and is now topping the English bestseller list, reports The Guardian and the BBC. This is the first time a black British author's work has taken that place.

Released in 2017

“It feels completely crazy to have beaten this record. My work rests on the shoulders of so many British literary giants - Bernadine Evaristo, Benjamin Zephaniah, Zadie Smith, Andrea Levy, Stella Dadzie, Stuart Hall, Linton K Johnson, Jackie Kay, Gary Younge - to name a few ”, writes Reni Eddo-Lodge on Twitter.

The book, which was released in 2017, already attracted considerable attention and was rewarded, among other things, with the prestigious British Book Awards in the category of best fact book. Last week the book also climbed to the top of the bestseller list of professional literature, even then as the first book written by a black British author.

In connection with this, Reni Eddo-Lodge tweeted that she thought it sad that a tragedy would be required for her to top the charts, and also criticized the country's publishers:

"That it should take this long is a low-water mark for the publishing world," she writes.

Open letter to the publishing world

Earlier this week, the newly formed charity Black Writers Guild published an open letter addressed to five of the UK's largest book publishers demanding that publishers immediately need to introduce comprehensive reforms to make the publishing world more inclusive, writes The Guardian.

Over 100 authors, including authors such as Bernardine Evaristo, Benjamin Zephaniah and Malorie Blackman, have signed the letter.