Centuries-old constructs of race and generations of systems of oppression are not torn down in a few hours. it's for anyone who wants to be smarter and more empathetic about matters of race and engage in more productive anti-racist action. This book is meant to help you have better conversations in the hope that you will have many of them. It challenges you with calls to action that address the roots of systemic racism and have the potential to create real change. 'Generous and empathetic, yet usefully blunt. Since talking about race is the topic of the book, the book prioritizes suggestions for talking constructively about race and provides ways white people can engage in these conversations about race without doing harm. This book has great personal illustrative stories and analogies that articulate concepts like racism, micro-aggressions, cultural appropriation, and the model minority myth. '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 She later explained that the account came out of her experience volunteering for Berne Sanders’s 2020 presidential campaign.

Natale’s Instagram launched on February 11, 2020. In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from intersectionality and affirmative action to 'model minorities' in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life. So You Want to Talk About Race was first published on January 16, 2018, by Seal Press, which is a part of Hachette Book Group. How do you tell your roommate her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law take umbrage when you asked to touch her hair - and how do you make it right? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend?

Still, it is a difficult subject to talk about. Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy - from police brutality to the mass incarceration of African Americans - have made it impossible to ignore the issue of race. 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-o. In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America

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