So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo - ISBN: 9781541647435
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Unpack race in America: essential conversations for a more just world.

So You Want to Talk About Race

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    26 May 2020

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Summary

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 …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781541647435
ISBN-10:1541647432
Author:Ijeoma Oluo
Publisher:Basic Books
Imprint:Basic Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:26 May 2020
Weight:141g
Dimensions:170mm x 106mm x 20mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“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

About The Author

Ijeoma Oluo

Ijeoma Oluo is the author of Mediocre and a writer and speaker whose work on race has been featured in the New York Times and the Washington Post. She was named to the 2021 Time 100 Next list, has twice been named to The Root 100, and received the Harvard Humanist of the Year award. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

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