‘So You Want To Talk About Race’ Is The One Book Every White Person Should Read This Year…

By SADIE TROMBETTA | Buslte

It is impossible to talk about American culture and politics in 2018 without talking about race and the many ways in which it touches every aspect of our lives. That is why Ijeoma Oluo’s So You Want to Talk About Race? is the one book every white person should read this year, and these powerful quotes explain why.

“Being privileged doesn’t mean that you are always wrong and people without privilege are always right. It means that there is a good chance you are missing a few very important pieces of the puzzle,” Oluo writes in her bestselling book. Filled with incredible wisdom, actionable advice, and invaluable insight into today’s racial landscape, So You Want to Talk About Race? does exactly that: it gives readers the missing pieces so they can start to have empathetic, fact-based conversations about some of the most important racial issues facing Americans today.

White people, I cannot urge you enough: go read this book. Or better yet, do what I did, and get the audiobook. Narrated by Bahni Turpin, listening to So You Want to Talk About Race? feels like having private tutoring lesson on everything you’ve always wanted to know, and a lot of things you might not have even thought to ask about, including white privilege, microaggressions, police brutality, and other forms of systematic discrimination.

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