Ijeoma Oluo

Author of So You Want to Talk about Race

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About the Author

Ijeoma Oluo is a writer and speaker whose work on race has been featured in the New York Times. Washington Post. Elle, the Guardian, and more. She has twice been named to The Root 100 and received the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award from the American Humanist Society.

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Works by Ijeoma Oluo

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So You Want to Talk about Race (2018) 2,892 copies, 88 reviews

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America (2020) 656 copies, 25 reviews

Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World, and How You Can, Too (2024) 50 copies

The Badass Feminist Coloring Book: A Colorful Celebration of Modern-Day Intersectional Feminism {volume 1} (2015) 5 copies

The Badass Feminist Coloring Book: Teen Friendly Edition {volume 2} (2015) 1 copy

Social Justice Must Be Complicated, Because Oppression Is Never Simple (2017) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (2021) — Contributor — 900 copies, 21 reviews

White Fragility, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria, So You Want to Talk about Race (2019) — Contributor — 5 copies

Just Mercy, So You Want to Talk about Race (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Canonical name: Oluo, Ijeoma
Birthdate: 1980
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Country (for map): USA
Birthplace: Denton, Texas, USA
Places of residence: Seattle, Washington, USA
Education: Western Washington University
Relationships: West, Lindy (sister-in-law)
Awards and honors: winner of the of the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award by the American Humanist Society

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So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

eye opener

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logan-beavers | 87 other reviews | Oct 4, 2024 |

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

Wow, this book is going to infuriate you. Hopefully because you realize what assholes one race of people can be to every other race of people. As humans, we should use that knowledge to learn and grow. There's no reason we can't ALL prosper and live comfortable lives on this planet without destroying the earth, exploiting people, and just being general assholes to everything.

Seriously, read this book and recognize that our (white people - males) behavior needs to change.

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teejayhanton | 24 other reviews | Mar 22, 2024 |

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Fantastic. Everyone should read this.

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Greenfrog342 | 87 other reviews | Jan 22, 2024 |

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

I read [b:How to Be an Antiracist|40265832|How to Be an Antiracist|Ibram X. Kendi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1560163756l/40265832._SY75_.jpg|62549152] recently. I think that's why SYWTTAR felt like a 3-star book to me. It's obviously treading the same ground and I preferred HTBAA by a lot. I imagine if I had read this first, I would've appreciated it more.

I listened to the audiobook and Bahni Turpin continues to be my favorite narrator.

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LibrarianDest | 87 other reviews | Jan 3, 2024 |

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