Thank you to Repeater Books for the Advanced Reader's Copy!

Through an insightful, focused analysis of the Forest Gate community, Joy White's "Terraformed" shows the underlying interplay between white supremacy, policing and governmental policies. From housing to music to farmer's markets, Joy White leaves no corner of life unturned.

Why is it that the primarily white farmer's market is allowed to occupy the streets while Afro-Caribbean grocery stores are chastised for doing the same? Why is it that folk buy from the farmer's market but not the same goods that they can buy from the local Black owned and operated stores? Why is it that a group of Black men in white at a funeral are stopped and questioned?

The answer is perhaps uncomfortable for those who are benefitting from the everyday policing and deportation of Black bodies, but perhaps that's the point. This is a book that might make you rethink your daily routine, the people with whom you interact, the businesses you so brazenly support, the complicity with white supremacy in every level.