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Ijeoma Oluo • So You Want to Talk About Race
But when I look at what is putting me and millions of other people of color at risk, a lack of niceness from white people toward
Ijeoma Oluo • So You Want to Talk About Race
Who writes the books and articles I’m using to help inform my opinions?
Ijeoma Oluo • So You Want to Talk About Race
you will get more because they exist to get less.
Ijeoma Oluo • So You Want to Talk About Race
But so much of what we think and feel about people of other races is dictated by our system, and not our hearts. Who we see as successful, who has access to that success, who we see as scary, what traits we value in society, who we see as “smart” and “beautiful”—these perceptions are determined by our proximity to the cultural values of the majorit
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Michelle Alexander in The New Jim Crow.
Ijeoma Oluo • So You Want to Talk About Race
no matter how woke you think you are—and someone will be telling you to check your privilege while you try to battle your own defensiveness as you figure out what the hell they are talking about.