Serving libraries since 1987, Blackstone Library is your one-stop shop for audiobooks. Regardless of your comfort level, educational background, or experience when it comes to talking about race, Ijeoma has created a wonderful tool to help broach these conversations and help us work toward a better world for people of color from all walks of life." .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}View high quality images that let you zoom in to take a closer look. Please try again. Think of it as Race for the Willing-to-Listen." The writing is elegantly simple, which is a real feat when tackling such a thorny issue. 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 … White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. .orange-text-color {color: #FE971E;} Discover additional details about the events, people, and places in your book, with Wikipedia integration. ―Harpers Bazaar, One of 10 Books to Read in 2018 "Oluo answers the questions readers don't dare ask. Police brutality, micro-aggressions at the workplace, and affirmative action are all grist for the verbal mill. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible’s Conditions of Use. "―Salon.com (Required Reading) "White readers are going to gain insight ... readers of color generally will find camaraderie and a resource. Born in Denton, Texas and based in Seattle, Washington, in 2015, Oluo was named one of the most influential people in Seattle, and in 2018, she was named one of the 50 most influential women in Seattle. Her work on race has been featured in the New York Times and the Washington Post. She is also direct…This is a challenging, sympathetic, and beautifully organized how-to manual.”, “Precise, poignant, and edifying, this primer gives readers much-needed tools…and offering concrete ways to confront racism…[while] blending personal accounts and meticulously cited research…This is essential reading.”, “Insightful and trenchant but not preachy…A topical book in a time when racial tensions are on the rise.”, “A clear and candid contribution to an essential conversation.”, “This book is much-needed and timely.
divide. “Oluo takes on the thorniest questions surrounding race, from police brutality to who can use the ‘N’ word.”, “Read it, then recommend it to everyone you know.”, “While so many people want to become ‘thought leaders,’ ‘bloggers,’ or even just ‘influential,’ Oluo is eons past that.”, “A unique attempt to bridge the gap between Americans who talk and think regularly about race in America and those who don’t—most typically, white people…Impassioned and unflinching.”, “Narrator Bahni Turpin’s impassioned voice clearly conveys the gravity of this book on race and racism…Turpin walks listeners through each chapter, allowing them time to absorb the impact of topics from Affirmative Action to police brutality…[and] Turpin engagingly reads real-life examples Oluo uses to illustrate complex concepts such as intersectionality and white privilege…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”, “Important and relevant. . The writing is elegantly simple, which is a real feat when tackling such a thorny issue. 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.
Please try again. --JENNY YANG, comedian, writer, and co-founder and co-producer of Dis/orient/ed Comedy, "Oluo has created a brilliant and thought-provoking work. A clear and candid contribution to an essential conversation." "―Washington Independent Review of Books "Valiant, graceful... urgently needed...(Oluo) pulls the most exasperated of us back from the brink and reminds us what's to be gained from the discussion." There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. tuned, and crystallize ideas that would otherwise be vague by empowering them with aha-moment clarity. She has twice been named to the Root 100, and she received the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award from the American Humanist Association. Due to publishing rights this title requires DRM and can only be listened to in the Blackstone Library Beta app. You have been added to our list.Great savings are just around the corner. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}Ask Alexa to read your book with Audible integration or text-to-speech. In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from white privilege and police brutality to systemic discrimination and the Black Lives Matter movement--offering straightforward clarity that readers need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide In So You Want to Talk About Race, Editor at Large of The Establishment In 2018 she won the Feminist Humanist Award. Unable to add item to List. Perfectly positioned to bridge the gap between people of color and white Americans struggling with race complexities, Oluo answers the questions listeners don't dare ask and explains the concepts that continue to elude everyday Americans. ", ―Bit*h "Oluo astutely dismantles issues such as police brutality, cultural appropriation and microaggressions, and the pervasive, poisonous power of racism and white supremacy...balancing the intimacy of a memoirist with the dedication of an investigative journalist." We are dedicated to providing top-quality audio content, offering over 30,000 unabridged titles—with more than 600 new releases and 100+ exclusive titles added each month. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Her words are daggers that pierce through injustice, while also disarming you with humor and love." --HARI KONDABOLU, comedian, writer, and co-host of Politically Re-Active "Ijeoma Oluo is armed with words. Please try again. 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. : And Other Conversations About Race, Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor. Ijeoma Oluo's intellectual clarity and moral sure-footedness make her the kind of unstoppable force that obliterates the very concept of immovable objects." No one cuts through the chatter with more humor, insight and clarity. 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 … No one cuts through the chatter with more humor, insight and clarity. She is the editor-at-large at The Establishment, a media platform run and funded by women. 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 No matter the issue, Ijeoma's thinking is always essential reading." She was named one of the most influential people in Seattle by Seattle There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Exclusive Prime Offer: For a limited time, get an Audible Annual Membership with 12 credits upfront, good for any of the titles in our premium selection, for just $99.50. "I don't think I've ever seen a writer have such an instant, visceral, electric impact on readers. --LINDY WEST, New York Times bestselling author of Shrill "So You Want to Talk About Race strikes the perfect balance of direct and brutally honest without being preachy or, worse, condescending. Magazine. It is more than a primer on racism. Ijeoma Oluo is one of the most influential people in Seattle, according to Seattle Magazine. Her writing covers misogynoir, intersectionality, online harassment, the Bla Sold and delivered by Audible, an Amazon company. $7.95 a month after 30 days. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. --The Root "While so many people want to become 'thought leaders,' 'bloggers,' or even just 'influential,' Oluo is eons past that." We use cookies to improve our website and give you the best service possible. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Her writing brings to mind voices like Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay, and Jessica Valenti in She is the author of So You Want to Talk About Race and has written for The Guardian, Jezebel, The Stranger, Medium, and The Establishment, where she is also an editor-at-large. No matter the issue, Ijeoma's thinking is always essential reading." --JENNY YANG, comedian, writer, and co-founder and co-producer of Dis/orient/ed Comedy, "When you need a super team to help you make sense of today's complex conversation on identity and representation, Ijeoma needs to be your number one pick. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Unable to add item to List. There's a problem loading this menu right now. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. ―Bookpage "Impassioned and unflinching" ―Vogue.com "Generous and empathetic, yet usefully blunt...it's for anyone who wants to be smarter and more empathetic about matters of race and engage in more productive anti-racist action.
Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Seamlessly connecting deeply moving personal stories with practical solutions, readers will leave with inspiration and tools to help create personal and societal transformations. issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the “N” word. Ijeoma Oluo is the author of the New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race.
divide. “Oluo takes on the thorniest questions surrounding race, from police brutality to who can use the ‘N’ word.”, “Read it, then recommend it to everyone you know.”, “While so many people want to become ‘thought leaders,’ ‘bloggers,’ or even just ‘influential,’ Oluo is eons past that.”, “A unique attempt to bridge the gap between Americans who talk and think regularly about race in America and those who don’t—most typically, white people…Impassioned and unflinching.”, “Narrator Bahni Turpin’s impassioned voice clearly conveys the gravity of this book on race and racism…Turpin walks listeners through each chapter, allowing them time to absorb the impact of topics from Affirmative Action to police brutality…[and] Turpin engagingly reads real-life examples Oluo uses to illustrate complex concepts such as intersectionality and white privilege…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”, “Important and relevant. . The writing is elegantly simple, which is a real feat when tackling such a thorny issue. 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.
Please try again. --JENNY YANG, comedian, writer, and co-founder and co-producer of Dis/orient/ed Comedy, "Oluo has created a brilliant and thought-provoking work. A clear and candid contribution to an essential conversation." "―Washington Independent Review of Books "Valiant, graceful... urgently needed...(Oluo) pulls the most exasperated of us back from the brink and reminds us what's to be gained from the discussion." There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. tuned, and crystallize ideas that would otherwise be vague by empowering them with aha-moment clarity. She has twice been named to the Root 100, and she received the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award from the American Humanist Association. Due to publishing rights this title requires DRM and can only be listened to in the Blackstone Library Beta app. You have been added to our list.Great savings are just around the corner. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}Ask Alexa to read your book with Audible integration or text-to-speech. In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from white privilege and police brutality to systemic discrimination and the Black Lives Matter movement--offering straightforward clarity that readers need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide In So You Want to Talk About Race, Editor at Large of The Establishment In 2018 she won the Feminist Humanist Award. Unable to add item to List. Perfectly positioned to bridge the gap between people of color and white Americans struggling with race complexities, Oluo answers the questions listeners don't dare ask and explains the concepts that continue to elude everyday Americans. ", ―Bit*h "Oluo astutely dismantles issues such as police brutality, cultural appropriation and microaggressions, and the pervasive, poisonous power of racism and white supremacy...balancing the intimacy of a memoirist with the dedication of an investigative journalist." We are dedicated to providing top-quality audio content, offering over 30,000 unabridged titles—with more than 600 new releases and 100+ exclusive titles added each month. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Her words are daggers that pierce through injustice, while also disarming you with humor and love." --HARI KONDABOLU, comedian, writer, and co-host of Politically Re-Active "Ijeoma Oluo is armed with words. Please try again. 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. : And Other Conversations About Race, Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor. Ijeoma Oluo's intellectual clarity and moral sure-footedness make her the kind of unstoppable force that obliterates the very concept of immovable objects." No one cuts through the chatter with more humor, insight and clarity. 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 … No one cuts through the chatter with more humor, insight and clarity. She is the editor-at-large at The Establishment, a media platform run and funded by women. 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 No matter the issue, Ijeoma's thinking is always essential reading." She was named one of the most influential people in Seattle by Seattle There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Exclusive Prime Offer: For a limited time, get an Audible Annual Membership with 12 credits upfront, good for any of the titles in our premium selection, for just $99.50. "I don't think I've ever seen a writer have such an instant, visceral, electric impact on readers. --LINDY WEST, New York Times bestselling author of Shrill "So You Want to Talk About Race strikes the perfect balance of direct and brutally honest without being preachy or, worse, condescending. Magazine. It is more than a primer on racism. Ijeoma Oluo is one of the most influential people in Seattle, according to Seattle Magazine. Her writing covers misogynoir, intersectionality, online harassment, the Bla Sold and delivered by Audible, an Amazon company. $7.95 a month after 30 days. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. --The Root "While so many people want to become 'thought leaders,' 'bloggers,' or even just 'influential,' Oluo is eons past that." We use cookies to improve our website and give you the best service possible. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Her writing brings to mind voices like Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay, and Jessica Valenti in She is the author of So You Want to Talk About Race and has written for The Guardian, Jezebel, The Stranger, Medium, and The Establishment, where she is also an editor-at-large. No matter the issue, Ijeoma's thinking is always essential reading." --JENNY YANG, comedian, writer, and co-founder and co-producer of Dis/orient/ed Comedy, "When you need a super team to help you make sense of today's complex conversation on identity and representation, Ijeoma needs to be your number one pick. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Unable to add item to List. There's a problem loading this menu right now. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. ―Bookpage "Impassioned and unflinching" ―Vogue.com "Generous and empathetic, yet usefully blunt...it's for anyone who wants to be smarter and more empathetic about matters of race and engage in more productive anti-racist action.
Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Seamlessly connecting deeply moving personal stories with practical solutions, readers will leave with inspiration and tools to help create personal and societal transformations. issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the “N” word. Ijeoma Oluo is the author of the New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race.