So You Want to Talk about Race
A Harper’s Bazaar Pick of One of 10 Books to Read in 2018
A Vogue Pick of 7 Books to Change Your Life
A January New York Times Pick of New and Noteworthy
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
An AudioFile Editors’ Pick for Black History Month
A Library Journal Editor’s Pick for Celebrating Black History Month
A Literary Hub Pick of the Week
A Los Angeles Times Pick of 5 Fantastic New Audiobooks
A Bustle Pick of Books about Race
A Paste Magazine Pick of the Best Audiobooks
Longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize for Nonfiction
A Bustle Pick of Books about White Supremacy and How to Combat It
Finalist for the 2018 Society of Voice Arts and Sciences Award for Best Self-Help/Wellness Narration
Shortlisted for the 2019 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award
Longlisted for the 800-CEO-Read Business Book Award for Personal Development
An Audiofile Magazine “Best of the Year” Audiobook
A Shelf Awareness Best Books of the Year selection
An Audible Pick of Audiobooks Most Likely to Start a Positive Conversation about Race
A CNBC Pick of 7 Books That Execs Say Everyone Should Read
Finalist for the 2019 Washington State Book Award for Nonfiction
A BookRiot Pick of Nonfiction about Racism
A Kirkus Reviews Pick of Books That Challenge Racism
A Goop Pick of Anti-Racism Books
A BuzzFeed Books Pick of Essential Reads about Anti-Racism
A Libro.fm Audio bestseller
#1 New York Times bestseller in Paperback Nonfiction
New York Times Bestseller in Audio
An iBooks bestseller in Audiobooks
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in America
A current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today’s racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide
In 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 crystallize 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.”
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