So You Want to Talk about Race

The #1 New York Times Bestseller

Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting, revelatory, and accessible examination of race in America.

"Read it, then recommend it to everyone you know." --Harper's Bazaar

Protests against racial injustice and white supremacy have galvanized millions around the world. The stakes for transformative conversations about race could not be higher. Still, the task ahead seems daunting, and it's hard to know where to start. How do you tell your boss her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law hang up on you when you had questions about police reform? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend?

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 racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life.

"I am in awe of Ijeoma. She is the smartest, most courageous and electrifying young writer on race relations today―the voice of our times. Let her be your guidepost." --Robin DiAngelo, New York Times-bestselling author of White Fragility