So You Want to Talk About Race

In SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE, editor-at-large of The Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word. Perfectly positioned to bridge the gap between people of color and white Americans struggling with race complexities, Oluo answers the questions readers don't dare ask, and explains the concepts that continue to elude everyday Americans.

Oluo is an exceptional writer with a rare ability to be straightforward, funny, and effective in her coverage of sensitive, hyper-charged issues in America. Her messages are passionate but finely tuned and crystalize ideas that would otherwise be vague by empowering them with aha-moment clarity. Her writing brings to mind voices like Ta-Nehisi Coates, Roxane Gay, Jessica Valenti in FULL FRONTAL FEMINISM, and a young Gloria Naylor, particularly in Naylor's seminal essay "The Meaning of a Word."

“"With this book, Ijeoma Oluo gives us -- both white people and people of color -- that language to engage in clear, constructive, and confident dialogue with each other about how to deal with racial prejudices and biases." -- National Book Review”

"A must-read primer on the politics of American racism."--Bustle
"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
"Read it, then recommend it to everyone you know."--Harper's Bazaar (Named a Top 10 Book of the Year)
"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
"Fascinating, real, and necessary."--The Root
"Oluo offers us a reset, a starting point, a clear way forward."--dream hampton, writer, activist, filmmaker, and executive producer of Surviving R. Kelly
"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

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

In SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE, editor-at-large of The Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N" word. Perfectly positioned to bridge the gap between people of color and white Americans struggling with race complexities, Oluo answers the questions readers don't dare ask, and explains the concepts that continue to elude everyday Americans.Oluo is an exceptional writer with a rare ability to be straightforward, funny, and effective in her coverage of sensitive, hyper-charged issues in America. Her messages are passionate but finely tuned and crystalize ideas that would otherwise be vague by empowering them with aha-moment clarity. Her writing brings to mind voices like Ta-Nehisi Coates, Roxane Gay, Jessica Valenti in FULL FRONTAL FEMINISM, and a young Gloria Naylor, particularly in Naylor's seminal essay "The Meaning of a Word."

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