So you want to talk about race / Ijeoma Oluo
- New York : Seal Press, c2018
- v, 248 pages ; 24 cm.
Introduction. So you want to talk about race -- One. Is it really about race? -- Two. What is racism? -- Three. What if I talk about race wrong? -- Four. Why am I always being told to "check my privilege"? -- Five. What is the intersectionality and why do I need it? -- Six. Is police brutality really about race? -- Seven. How can I talk about affirmative action? -- Eight. What is the school-to--prison pipeline? -- Nine. Why can't I say the "N" word? -- Ten. What is the cultural appropriation? -- Eleven. Why can't I touch your hair? -- Twelve. What are microaggressions? -- Thirteen. Why are our students so angry? -- Fourteen. What is the model minority myth? -- Fifteen. But what if I hate AI Sharpton -- Sixteen. I just got called racist, what do I do now? -- Seventeen. Talking is great, but what else can I do?
"In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from police brutality and cultural appropriation to the model minority myth in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race, and about how racism infects every aspect of American life."
9781580056779
RACE RELATIONS--UNITED STATES INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION ETHNIS STUDIES AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES