04.06.2021 - Emilia Roig - Why We Matter

Emilia Zenzile Roig (*1983) ist Gründerin und Direktorin des Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ) in Berlin. Sie promovierte an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin und an der Science Po Lyon. Emilia Roig lehrte in Deutschland, Frankreich und den USA Intersektionalität, Critical Race Theory und Postkoloniale Studien sowie Völkerrecht und Europarecht. Sie hält europaweit Keynotes und Vorträge zu den Themen Intersektionalität, Feminismus, Rassismus, Diskriminierung, Vielfalt und Inklusion und ist Autorin zahlreicher Publikationen auf Deutsch, Englisch und Französisch. Sie ist Interviewpartnerin in Sibylle Bergs Bestseller „Nerds retten die Welt“ und war Mitglied der Jury des Deutschen Sachbuchpreises 2020.

 

WHY WE MATTER. The End of Oppression. is a revolutionary declaration of love for intersectional humanity and hope. With this book, Emilia Roig ventures into the most important and biggest questions of our time. In a world that is polarized as rarely before, where long-established power structures are bitterly contested in conservative backlashes on the one hand, and forces of resistance are increasingly visible on the other, she manages to take the reader along in a process of transformation that is so necessary for all of us. It is a very comprehensive, complex, smart work that every person should have read. A revolutionary declaration of love that every person should have read.

-- Tupoka Ogette, Autorin des Bestsellers "Exit Racism"

 

In this book, Emilia Roig skillfully traces the complex lines of conflict and forms of oppression that run like rifts through our society. She bundles them together, looks at them in their entirety, and unravels them. Radical and gentle at the same time. A healing, inspiring gift.

-- Kübra Gümüsay, Autorin des Bestsellers "Sprache und Sein"

 

The answer to many questions of our uncertain times is: equality for all. And this great book is a step along the way.

-- Sibylle Berg, Bestseller Autorin

 

This book will change how you perceive the world and make you understand what justice really means. The path to an equal world doesn't have to be a struggle - Emilia Roig shows that we have better tools and how to use them.

-- Teresa Bücker, Journalistin und Speakerin