Chapters 13-17 of So You Want to Talk About Race - Challenging Racism: Continued - Book Club
This discussion will will focus on the final quarter of this book of excellent essays. Dive into "So You Want to Talk about Race" by Ijeoma Oluo with the Challenging Racism: Continued - Book Club. This New York Times bestseller offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America. In February's discussion, we will talk about Chapters 13-17.
Part 4 " So You Want to Talk About Race"
Focus: Chapters 13-17
Thursday, January 16, 2020
7:00-8:30 pm
- Chapter 13 Why are our students so angry?
- Chapter 14 What is the model minority myth?
- Chapter 15 But what if I hate Al Sharpton?
- Chapter 16 I just got called racist, what do I do now?
- Chapter 17 Talking is great, but what else can I do?
Location in Arlington to be announced soon.
After doing a book club covering the entire book, we decided each chapter of "So You Want to Talk About Race" packs so much in that it could be its own rich discussion.
Each discussion focused on a different quarter of this book of excellent essays (4 parts: 10/16, 11/12, 1/30, 2/10).
You do NOT need to have attended any of the other discussions to fully participate - just read Chapters 13-17.
Free event.
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
A book discussion led by Tia Alfred, Christine Hopkins and Leah Maderal
Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy–from police brutality to the mass incarceration of African Americans–have made it impossible to ignore the issue of race. Still, it is a difficult subject to talk about. How do you tell your roommate her jokes are racist? Why 
did your sister-in-law take umbrage when you asked to touch her hair–and how do you make it right? 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 intersectionality and affirmative action to “model minorities” 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.
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"Read it, then recommend it to everyone you know."—Harper's Bazaar, "One of 10 Books to Read in 2018"