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So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

64 reviews

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challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This book is a great primer for delving into conversations about race with anyone. It's not the first book I've read like this, but it is one of the better ones. Not only does Ms Oluo provide information explaining the issues, but she also provides many opportunities to put your new-found knowledge into practice. This ranges from things you can say and do, and things you shouldn't, to a handy discussion guide for your book clubs at the end.

The chapters are laid out thoughtfully and cover a lot of info without being too dry or preachy. Many of her personal anecdotes broke my heart and/or made me enraged. We white folks need to be having these discussions with other white folks so that Black folks don't have to keep dealing with white supremacist bullshit.

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I’ll be digesting this book for years to come.

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informative medium-paced

5.0

A very good entry level book about race (as the title suggests). Very concise and informative.

If you’ve read a handful of race books before then you probably won’t get a whole lot of new information out of this one, but if you’re interested in learning and just starting out then start here!

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