Wish We Knew What to Say

Critics Review

• A thoughtful, prescient read for any mother or father parenting through the unique challenges of this racially polarised year, decade and beyond

• Comprehensive, readable, and so very important. The next generation needs you to read this book

• If you have ever grappled with the question “how do we talk to my young children about race?” then this is the book for you. I have learnt more from looking at this book than any thing else I have come across in the search to educate myself as a white parent on the right language to use to talk to my son and daughters. Everything is simply explained and in the right context for the right age group. Pragya’s personal anecdotes are crucial to helping us understand what the conversation should be and to changing the traditional narrative so we can raise more enlightened children. This book will be a crucial tool in your parenting kit

• Pragya’s writing combines both meticulous research with a strong human voice. She is a deeply empathetic writer and someone whose voice demands to be heard today. I love the way Pragya writes. She teaches me so much whilst also revealing deep personal insights into what it means to be human. An essential read

• A vital book that equips us to have conversations about race and racism with young people, ensuring we are all playing our part to raise the next generations as anti-racist. With excellent, clear advice from Dr Agarwal I Wish We Knew What to Say is a quick, engaging and easily digestible read

• This is a serious and sensitive look at the challenges facing us all as we continue to wrestle with issues of race and identity. Our children need us to think harder about racism and how to be anti-racist, for all our futures. This is a book that offers essential guidance in this direction

• As a dark skinned, black woman whose just as black child was just four when she was told that she couldn’t play with other children because her skin was too dark I cannot repeat how vital Pragya’s book is. Of late “vital” has become such a buzzword so I don’t want it to feel as though it’s a throwaway but I can’t think of another word which helps cement just how much a book like this should be an anchor not just in home libraries but also in school curriculums. l have learnt so much that even if you aren’t a parent I think this is a very necessary read because whether you are thanked for it or not we are all playing a part in teaching and unlearning for the future generations. If there is even a speck of hope for a post racial society books like this are what we need to be reading in order to get about building it