New Date Chapters 9-12 of So You Want to Talk About Race - Challenging Racism: Continued - Book Club
Chapters 9-12 "So You Want to Talk About Race"
Focus: Chapters 9-12
Thursday, January 30, 2020
7:00-8:30 pm
- Chapter 9 Why can't I say the "N" word?
- Chapter 10 What is cultural appropriation?
- Chapter 11 Why can't I touch your hair?
- Chapter 12 What are microaggressions?
Multiple Discussions of The Book
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. So we divided the book into four sections to talk about.
Each discussion focuses on a different quarter of this book of excellent essays. You don't need to attend all the dates, although you can (4 parts: 10/16, 11/12, 1/30, 2/10). The final discussion is coming up in February.
Chapters 13-17
"So You Want to Talk About Race"
Monday, February 10, 2020
7:00-8:30 pm
Register for the last session too, February 10th.
Participants are expected to have read the specific chapters for the section they are coming to discuss. (And of course everyone is welcome to read the whole book.)
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.
Reviews
"Read it, then recommend it to everyone you know."—Harper's Bazaar, "One of 10 Books to Read in 2018"