THE THING IS: There’s Another Way to Talk About Racism

How we can overcome the polarised discourse around racism

Gina is a strong anti-racist voice on Instagram and Twitter. Martin sometimes used to think she overdid it a bit. But they got engaged nevertheless.

In this witty, sharply observed book, content creator Gina Hitsch and her partner Martin Freres use concrete examples to look at why conversations about racism are so difficult and how we could make them better – on social media, at work, and within our families and relationships. They do not engage in finger-wagging, but nor do they ignore everyday racism. With the courage to own their own feelings, and with a great deal of empathy for one another, they explore situations from their own lives and try to find a way out of the polarised discourse of our era.

#18 SPIEGEL Bestseller 

In social media video formats like “Das Ding ist...” (“The Thing is …”), Gina Hitsch talks in a relatable and accessible way about the issue of racism

Gina Hitsch and Martin Freres are a couple, and the book features numerous examples drawn from their own personal experience