So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo

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Is racism about intent? Not in Ijeoma Oluo's guide, which answers the questions people most often ask about race. Her case is that systemic racism operates regardless of what anyone means, shaping your job, your schooling, your housing and how the justice system treats you.

Core ideas
  • Questions as chapters: Each chapter answers one question, on privilege, cultural appropriation, microaggressions, police brutality, the model minority myth, affirmative action or intersectionality, with personal anecdote.
  • Check your privilege: It means considering how your advantages shape your opinions, and another chapter takes on whether class rather than race drives oppression.
  • Then act: The last chapter asks for concrete steps such as pushing for school and union reform, boycotting exploitative businesses and funding social justice groups.
Published2018
Pages248
ISBN9781580056779
ReadDec 2020

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