The writing is elegantly simple, which is a real feat when tackling such a thorny issue. With her indelible combination of lived experience and research, she is one of the most important people writing about this current moment for our country and our world. The links beside each book title will take you to Amazon, who I feel are the best online retailer for books where you can read more about the book, or purchase it. They need it more than me. -- Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility, In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America. How do you tell your roommate her jokes are racist?

She has twice been named to the Root 100, and she received the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award from the American Humanist Association. So You Want to Talk About Race is a book for everyone, but especially for people of color who need to feel seen and heard." I do my best to make sure the book lists are complete and current, but due to human or machine error while attempting to keep 3000+ authors up to date, the occasional book can be missed or will be listed under an alternate title. Her ability to write so smartly and honestly with strokes of humor about race in America is heaven sent and demonstrates just how desperately we all need to be talking about race, and perhaps, more importantly, this insightful book shows those in power or privilege how they need to listen." From here, Oluo’s profile as a writer started to grow, with different publications asking to reprint her work from her blog and they eventually commissioned some new writing from her. Oluo began writing “So You Want to Talk About Race” at her agent’s suggestion, who proposed Ijeoma write a guidebook discussing the topics she already wrote regularly about. Widespread reporting on certain aspects of white-supremacy- from the mass incarceration of Black Americans to police brutality- has put a huge media spotlight on racism in our society. We'll base this on various factors for example "If you like Jack Reacher..." or "If you like short stories in the horror genre".

: Sports and Resistance in the United States, "Ijeoma Oluo-writing on any subject-is compassionate brilliance personified, and I am so grateful for her work and her voice. Oluo does more than deliver tough, blunt truths about the realities of racism, power and oppression. ", "White readers will find answers to many of the questions we might be afraid to ask. "The Heart of Whiteness: Ijeoma Oluo Interviews Rachel Dolezal, the White Woman Who Identifies as Black" The Stranger "Beyoncé's Lemonade is about much more than infidelity and Jay Z" The Guardian "He's Not Really Here" Hazlitt "White People: I Don’t Want You To Understand Me Better, I Want You To Understand Yourselves" The Establishment
-- 800-CEO-Reads Staff Picks, "I am in awe of Ijeoma. About Ijeoma: Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based writer, speaker, and Internet Yeller. To read this ebook on a mobile device (phone or tablet) you'll need to install one of these free apps: To download and read this eBook on a PC or Mac: The publisher has set limits on how much of this ebook you may print or copy. Why did your sister-in-law take umbrage when you asked to touch her hair--and how do you make it right? After Donald Trump’s election, and the escalation of white male rage and increased hostility expressed toward immigrants that came with him, Ijeoma found herself conversing with Americans all over the country.

Readers who are people of color will find their experiences seen, heard, and believed. She became a very popular author last year with her book Escape Room and she is back with a new novel. Why would your sister-in-law take umbrage when you asked if you could touch her hair, and how can you possibly make things right? It is also one of the most optimistic. -- Feminista Jones, author of Reclaiming Our Space, "A must-read primer on the politics of American racism." Her work focuses mainly on issues about feminism, identity, race, mental and social health, the arts, social justice, and personal essay. . The publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. "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." Ijeoma Oluo Thanks! -- Harper's Bazaar, "One of 10 Books to Read in 2018", "Ijeoma Oluo has built a career on speaking truth to power... [here] she offers a guidebook for those who want to confront racism and white supremacy in their everyday lives, but are unsure where to start. In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy--from police brutality to the mass incarceration of Black Americans--has put a media spotlight on racism in our society. Think of it as Race for the Willing-to-Listen. She lives in Seattle. She is the smartest, most courageous and electrifying young writer on race relations today -- the voice of our times. Order Now / More Details. Let her be your guidepost. She has twice been named to The Root 100 and received the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award from the American Humanist Society. Mitch Rapp is back! Check out our Megan Goldin page. The publisher has supplied this book in DRM Free form with digital watermarking. Ijeoma has also stated that she was disappointed by the response she got initially, and that many of her existing friends “fell away” instead of engaging in the issues she began to raise. How do you go about explaining white privilege to your white and privileged friend? Fearful for her child as well as her little brother, who was a musician traveling on tour, she started sharing her long-held concerns on a blog that she had previously devoted to writing about food. She began writing during her mid-thirties after Trayvon Martin’s death in the year 2012, who was the exact age as Malcolm, her son, at the time. She graduated in the year 2007 from Western Washington University with a BA in political science. She also doesn’t believe that it would’ve been anywhere close to the same essay if she hadn’t work with him on it. -- The Root, "Oluo's approach to the complex topic of race in America is direct, helpful, and compassionate." From 2001 to 2005, she was married to Chad R. Jacobson, with whom the first of her two kids was born. The Badass Feminist Coloring Book, Volume 1, The Badass Feminist Coloring Book, Volume 2, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America. ", "Read it, then recommend it to everyone you know." ", -- Darnell L. Moore, author of No Ashes in the Fire, "Simply put: Ijeoma Oluo is a necessary voice and intellectual for these times, and any time, truth be told. In the book, Ijeoma guides the reader of any and all race through subjects that range from “model minorities” to intersectionality and affirmative action to try and make the seemingly impossible possible. Born in Denton, Texas and based in Seattle, Washington, in 2015, Oluo was named one of the most influential people in Seattle, and in 2018, she was named one of the 50 most influential women in Seattle. She would have the chance to give people something that people would be able to hold in their hands. -- Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation and author of What's My Name, Fool? If you see one missing just send me an e-mail below. 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.
Ijeoma Oluo, born December 30, 1980 in Denton, Texas, and is a writer, Internet Yeller, and speaker based in Seattle, Washington. Kyle Mills has did a phenomenal job with this series since the passing of Vince Flynn. In short, it's for everyone. How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend? Regardless of your comfort level, educational background, or experience when it comes to talking about race, Ijeoma has created a wonderful tool to help broach these conversations and help us work toward a better world for people of color from all walks of life. Ijeoma Oluo's intellectual clarity and moral sure-footedness make her the kind of unstoppable force that obliterates the very concept of immovable objects." Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy--from police brutality to the mass incarceration of Black Americans--has put a media spotlight on racism in our society. In the end, she displays how white men have long kept a stranglehold on leadership and just how they have sorely undermined the pursuit of happiness for all. --National Book Review, "Generous and empathetic, yet usefully blunt . If anyone other than Charles Mudede (her editor)asked her, she would have said no. Still, this is a tough subject to discuss. That is why I don't think this is merely one of the most important books of the last decade.

-- Bustle, " So You Want To Talk About Race is a landmark book for our times.

Oluo’s work began appearing in The Guardian and The Stranger from 2015 through 2017, and has contributed to Medium, Jezebel, and The Establishment, which is a publication that she helped launched and an editor-at-large. The answer is no. ", -- Jenny Yang, comedian, writer, and co-founder and co-producer of Dis/orient/ed Comedy, "Oluo has created a brilliant and thought-provoking work.

it's for anyone who wants to be smarter and more empathetic about matters of race and engage in more productive anti-racist action." Seamlessly connecting deeply moving personal stories with practical solutions, readers will leave with inspiration and tools to help create personal and societal transformations.

Mainly black women, however, she had not known in the past reached out to express to her their appreciation. Oluo's mandate is clear and powerful: change will not come unless we are brave enough to name and remove the many forces at work strangling freedom. Her writing has been featured in Elle Magazine, NBC News, The Washington Post, The Stranger, TIME, and the Guardian, among other places. Insert your e-mail below to start getting these recommendations.

Have honest conversations about racism and race, and how they infect just about every single aspect of American life. That said, she wasn’t intending to be a writer, however, it was then that she realized that her voice could possibly do something that she could get used to speaking her mind, and possibly there some reason that she had such a strong desire to do it. A necessary read for any white person seriously committed to better understanding race in the United States. She and her brother are eighteen months apart.