Smart, accessible, and incredibly timely this book is important in today's political landscape.

This felt like an excellent meditation on where Democratic politics are going, what's next, what's needed and how we should press forward with an ever changing and diversifying electorate.

This is an important novel that Maxwell offers. It is timely, concise, and hopeful look at where we and where we can go from here.

The two central theses of this book, both about how Democrats must change in order to win future elections, can be summarized as put more Black, queer, and female folk in positions where they can speak truth to power, and stop wasting resources courting white voters who voted for Trump. Since I already agree with both of these sentiments, it’s hard for me to evaluate how persuasive the author’s argument is, but I found myself nodding along at regular intervals.

The End of White Politics is full of passionate writing about American politics and in particular, what is ailing the Democratic party and liberals. Zerlina Maxwell worked on Hillary Clinton's 2016 Presidential Campaign and includes thoughts on that campaign and election as well as Obama's election and the 2020 primaries. There is a lot of discussion of identity politics and how this concept becomes more and more relevant as time goes on and America becomes more and more diverse. We all know by now that our political system has LONG been run by primarily white men. It is predicted that in the next 25 years, Caucasians will no longer be a majority and therefore for better representation of the American people we will need more diverse representation in the government. This book was very well thought out and delivered in an energetic way.

I recommend anyone interested in discussion of where the American political system could be headed. Very interesting read particularly in the current social and political climate.

“When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.” BAM. This book is chock full of perfect summaries and aha! moments like this. I’ve been a fan of Zerlina Maxwell’s for awhile now. Her Twitter feed is my daily required reading on politics, Trump, race, class and any number of related topics. She’s incredibly smart and insightful both on Twitter and on television as a commentator, so it is no surprise that when she gets out of the bite-sized box and really lets loose in a book, it is exceptional.

This book is incisive and straightforward with facts, political trends, and truths that are sometimes hard for white people to hear. But even though the truths are tough I appreciated and absorbed and enjoyed every minute of this book. It’s one of the most important books on current political trends I have read, and should be required reading for all Democrats.

One of the most compelling arguments here that the media refuses to acknowledge is the fact that we don’t need to cater to white working class men as more valuable than voters of color in swinging an election. Here she provides tons of proof for this argument (which is also just plain logic). She also breaks down where some recent white Democratic candidates have gone wrong in a way that is brutally honest and filled with truth. And her insights on Trump are much deeper than those of many pundits.

This book is bold and some may not agree with some of her arguments about some of the current and recent Democratic candidates benefiting from and exploiting white privilege, but I agreed with almost all of them. They’re hard to read but true. Even if you don’t agree it’s hard to see how anyone can ignore all the evidence she presents.

Bottom line? This book is required reading for anyone who wants to beat Trump and 2020, and also for anyone who needs more education on race (which, I submit, is ALL white people), and finally for anyone who wants to read smart and passionate discourse on politics. This is one of those NetGalley books so good that I am going to buy a physical copy to have on my shelf.

Thanks to NetGalley, Zerlina Maxwell and Hachette for the chance to preview this awesome book in exchange for my honest review.

when read in conjunction with other Black Lives Matter reading, this has a place in the formulation of Democratic platforms and policies. Initially I read this in a vacuum and didn’t find it to be broad enough to recommend, but upon re-reading find that this addresses a niche but important part of the puzzle. I hope every Democratic delegate reads this book prior to the convention.