![]() What sets Oluo's book apart from other antiracist texts currently experiencing a popularity surge in conjunction with mass protests against police violence is that it makes the daunting task of conversation its focal point. "This is not because my mom means any harm or is in any way a worse offender than those who approach me after speaking engagements or readings (she's not)," Oluo clarifies, "t's just-she's my mom and nobody likes to discuss race with their mom." ![]() In So You Want to Talk About Race, author Ijeoma Oluo, who is Black, recalls her own reluctance to have such a conversation with her white mother even after having launched a career writing and lecturing on race and racism. ![]() ![]() So You Want to Talk About Race is a compassionate, accessible guide to navigating conversations on racism in the modern world.įor the majority of people, having a meaningful conversation about race is not easy. ![]()
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