So You Want to Talk About Race

Posted on 03 January 2018 by Ijeoma Oluo

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 divideIn 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 and Roxane Gay, and Jessica Valenti in Full Frontal Feminism, and a young Gloria Naylor, particularly in Naylor s seminal essay The Meaning of a Word. Read So You Want to Talk About Race – kino-fada.fr Do you ever accidentally inhale a book Like, you meant to read it with your eyes, but, whoops, suddenly there it is, lodged in your esophagus and now you have to go to the hospital and explain, in various gestures, how you breathed in an entire book This happens to meoften than I would like to admit So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo, is just the latest instance Thankfully, this was an eARC from NetGalley thanks Perseus Books and not a physical volume though I m certainly Do you ever accidentally inhale a book Like, you meant to read it with your eyes, but, whoops, suddenly there it is, lodged in your esophagus and now you have to go to the hospital and explain, in various gestures, how you breathed in an entire book This happens to meoften than I would like to admit So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo, is just the latest instance Thankfully, this was an eARC from NetGalley thanks Perseus Books and not a physical volume though I m certainly going to need to buy one, or maybe two, when it comes out.This book is the first in what will hopefully be an avalanche of b...People of every race are going to read this book at least I hope they are It is not written just for people still denying that racism exists in America today, but for people who know it does but do not recognize the myriad ways it manifests Oluo writes so clearly and simply, this book just a pleasure to read, despite addressing emotionally sensitive material It is so well conceived and executed that one could use it as a handbook for group discussion, one or two chapters a meeting, talking ov People of every race are going to read this book at least I hope they are It is not written just for people still denying that racism exists in America today, but for people who know it does but do not recognize the myriad ways it manifests Oluo writes so clearly and simply, this book just a pleasure to read, despite addressing emotionally sensitive material It is so well conceived and executed that one could use it as a handb...So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo I loved this book I finished it in a day simply devouring Oluo s word I can relate to so much of what Oluo was sharing and in so many ways it was validating but also depressing I feel better knowing that I m not the only person experiencing these microaggressions, working through these issues and surviving day to day but at...What author would write a book with a target audience that is likely to consider reading it, much less paying for it, akin to wishing for a root canal Apparently, Ijeoma Oluo I am a white, sexagenarian, male, and former CEO I am, therefore, a r cist And yes, I am being sensitive to the censors who will look at this before posting it And I accept that because this isn t about me My personal tolerance is irrelevant If a picture says a thousand words, an action is worth t...This book is largely for non POC who wish to be allies or POC who are in denial of, not aware of or unfamiliar with the systemic racism prevalent in American society Unlike many other scholarly works on race, this book uses language that is accessible and could even b...So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo s new book asks I thought I did, but after reading several chapters I realized no, no I very much did not want to I think I d rather talk about my receding hairline, my cholesterol levels, the abnormally large size of my physician s fingers the yearly physical is coming up and it will be time once again to check out that ole prostate , just about anything really, because talking about race is uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uncomfortable So You Want So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo s new book asks I thought I did, but after reading several chapters I realized no, no I very much did not want to I think I d rather talk about my receding hairline, my cholesterol levels, the abnormally large size of my physician s fingers the yearly physical is coming up and it will be time once again to check out that ole prostate , just about anything really, because talking about race is uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uncomfortable So You Want to Talk About Race can be considered a manual for white liberals who fret about not workingto end racism as they peruse the shelves at Wholefoods for camel milk, emu eggs, and Kale ice cream People like me who feel woke but maybe aren t to the degree they think, and anyway should...Written tight as a logical proof and with a careful delivery so that the bad news can be heard by we who need to hear it most A concrete and highly actionable discussion, reinforced with evidence and examples to make sure that the reader can connect My fellow white folks you need to read this And as the introduction advises, sit with your discomfort when it arises Even those of us who are trying have a lot to learn Ms Oluo has done us the favor of making this piece of our education afford Written tight as a logical proof and with a careful delivery so that the bad news can be heard by we who need to hear it most A concrete and highly actionable discussion, reinforced with evidence and examples to make sure that the reader can connect My fellow white folks you need to read this And as ...This isn t an easy breezy book It s not supposed to be Some readers will be triggered, some will be defensive, and some will think it s just too heavy, too negative, too un American because we don t have racism here and stop making everything about race.This book is about race.It s in the title.There is no false advertising here.For me, this is a good bookend to Between the World and Me I didn t quite get that book, I couldn t figure out what I needed to learn from Coates It was an introduct This isn t an easy breezy book It s not supposed to be Some readers will be triggered, some will be defensive, and some will think it s just too heavy, too negative, too un American because we don t have racism here and stop making everything about race.This book is about race.It s in the title.There is no false advertising here.For me, this is a good bookend to Between the World and Me I didn t quite get that book, I couldn t figure out what I needed to learn from Coates It was an introduction This is the rest of the story, this fills in the blanks.This is the big picture.It s also a good companion for I m Judging You The Do Better Manual and now wish...Ijeoma Oluo has surpassed expectations with this monumental masterpiece which deconstructs race with insight and clarity for all to better understand and address these issuesIt s hard to capture the magnitude of what Ijeoma Oluo has accomplished in So You Want To Talk About Race She has managed to write a clear and concise instruction manual on how to talk about one of our country s most difficult subjects, while neither alienating nor infantilizing the reader This is an especially important book for the newly woke white person who recognizes our structural and systematic racism in the US, but is unsure or even terrified of how to act on this new knowledge Pi It s hard to capture the magnitude of what Ijeoma Oluo has accomplished in So You Want To Talk About Race She has managed to write a clear and concise instruction manual on how to talk about one of our country s most difficult subjects, while neither alienating nor infantilizing the reader This is an especially important bo...

03 January 2018

Ijeoma Oluo