So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

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Little, Brown and Company
26 May 2020

Society & Social Sciences; Black & Asian studies; Political science & theory

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in America

Protests against racial injustice and white supremacy have galvanized millions around the world. The stakes for transformative conversations about race could not be higher. Still, the task ahead seems daunting, and it's hard to know where to start. How do you tell your boss her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law hang up on you when you had questions about police reform? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend?

In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from police brutality and cultural appropriation to the model minority myth in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race, and about how racism infects every aspect of American life.

""Simply put: Ijeoma Oluo is a necessary voice and intellectual for these times, and any time, truth be told."" ?

Phoebe Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of You Can't Touch My Hair

By: Ijeoma Oluo
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 170mm, Width: 106mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 141g
ISBN: 9781541647435
ISBN 10: 1541647432
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 26 May 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ijeoma Oluo is a writer and speaker whose work on race has been featured in The Guardian, New York magazine, xoJane, Jezebel, and more. She is also an editor-at-large post at The Establishment, and Seattle magazine named her one of the most influential people in Seattle.

Reviews for So You Want to Talk About Race

"""Oluo is out to help put words to action, which at this day and age, might be exactly what we need.""--Forbes ""A guidebook for those who want to confront racism and white supremacy in their everyday lives, but are unsure where to start.""--Bitch ""A must-read primer on the politics of American racism.""--Bustle ""Fascinating, real, and necessary.""--The Root ""I don't think I've ever seen a writer have such an instant, visceral, electric impact on readers. Ijeoma Oluo's intellectual clarity and moral sure-footedness make her the kind of unstoppable force that obliterates the very concept of immovable objects.""--Lindy West, New York Times-bestselling author of Shrill ""Impassioned and unflinching"" --Vogue.com ""Oluo offers us a reset, a starting point, a clear way forward.""--dream hampton, writer, activist, filmmaker, and executive producer of Surviving R. Kelly ""Read it, then recommend it to everyone you know.""--Harper's Bazaar (Named a Top 10 Book of the Year) ""Simply put: Ijeoma Oluo is a necessary voice and intellectual for these times, and any time, truth be told.""--Phoebe Robinson, New York Times-bestselling author of You Can't Touch My Hair"