In Chapter 9, Oluo explains why it is never appropriate for white people to use the “n” word. Chapters 4-8 focus on the issues surrounding White privilege, intersectionality (the idea that different aspects of our identity intersect), police brutality (particularly toward people who aren’t White), affirmative action (a policy designed to address past discrimination against certain groups), and the school-to-prison pipeline (where students get pushed out of schools into prisons). Chapter 3 addresses why there are fears associated with discussing race, pitfalls to avoid when having conversations about race, and strategies for having productive conversations in general. Chapter 2 defines racism as prejudices reinforced by systems of power and defends her broad use of it, refusing to reserve it for extreme examples like Nazis or lynchings. The first chapter discusses how we can’t avoid talking about race by focusing on class instead. She was constantly being subjected to microaggressions, but at the same time she also celebrated Black culture through music and art. The introduction is about the author’s recollections of growing up in a racially marked body. In her introduction, she frames each chapter as a question which she explains and unpacks with personal experiences interweaved with critical terms and issues. This guide refers to the first edition published in 2018 by Seal Press.
It was written by Ijeoma Oluo, an American author of Nigerian descent whose columns and news articles on race have appeared in The Guardian, The Stranger, and Jezebel, among other places.
So You Want to Talk About Race is a book that offers insight into the many issues surrounding race in America. 1-Page Summary of So You Want To Talk About Race Overall Summary
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