So You Want to Talk about Race

I definitely learned some things. This would be a great book to give to your not-Very-Online parent or friend who is well-meaning but still slides back into respectability politics. (I imagine it serves a similar function to White Fragility, although I haven't read that book, except this book is actually written by a Black woman and thus has that lived experience.) Oluo breaks race, oppression, privilege and more down in a beautifully simple way (well–as simple as it can get) that makes it clear how racial justice is irrefutably necessary, and can help people who are confused or hesitant make the leaps and connections that need to be made.