A review by taralaska
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

5.0

I loved this. It's a great, more accessible complement to [b:White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism|43708708|White Fragility Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism|Robin DiAngelo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548478235l/43708708._SY75_.jpg|58159636] ... she uses personal stories and a Q&A style to make some great points. I don't think it's likely to get picked up or understood by many people who aren't already open to what she has to say, but it provides great reinforcement of similar messages we're hearing from many other people of color these days, and great fodder for responding to people who make some of the arguments she addresses in the book.

The one point I don't think she drove home quite as effectively as Robin DiAngelo is distinguishing individual acts of prejudice/discrimination from an overall system of racism--and the related point that all white people are racist by participating in and benefiting from a white supremacist society. She discusses that topic, but not until the end of the book (maybe intentionally?) and not with quite as much OOMPH as in White Fragility.