So You Want To Talk About Race
by Ijeoma Oluo /
2018 / English / EPUB
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In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality
of today's racial landscape--from white privilege and police
brutality to systemic discrimination and the Black Lives Matter
movement--offering straightforward clarity that readers need to
contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide
In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality
of today's racial landscape--from white privilege and police
brutality to systemic discrimination and the Black Lives Matter
movement--offering straightforward clarity that readers need to
contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide
In
InSo You Want to Talk About Race,
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.
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 and
Roxane Gay, and Jessica Valenti in
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 and
Roxane Gay, and Jessica Valenti inFull Frontal Feminism,
Full Frontal Feminism,
and a young Gloria Naylor, particularly in Naylor's seminal essay
"The Meaning of a Word."
and a young Gloria Naylor, particularly in Naylor's seminal essay
"The Meaning of a Word."