I started reading “So You Want to Talk About Race” with the #superbowl playing in the background, and WOW, this book is AWESOME! #Oluo eloquently addresses #race head-on, and I can‘t put it down!! 🙌🏼👍🏼👍🏼 This book is very quotable and so I will share some of my favorites in the comments as I make my way through this very important book. #ReadThisNow #HighlyRecommend #HighlyRelevant #POC #Quotes #BlackHistoryMonth #MustRead #CurrentlyReading
Jess7 “Systematic racism is a machine that runs whether we pull the levers or not, and by just letting it be, we are responsible for what it produces. We have to actually dismantle the machine if we want to make change.” -Oluo, p. 30 (edited) 7y
Jess7 “We can get every person in America to feel nothing but love for people of color in their hearts, and if our systems aren‘t acknowledged and changed, it will bring negligible benefit to the lives of people of color.” - Oluo, p. 31 7y
Jess7 Is something about race? 1. It is about race if a person of color thinks it is about race; 2. It is about race if it disproportionately or differently affects POC; and 3. It is about race if it fits into a broader pattern of events that disproportionately or differently affect POC. -Oluo, pp. 14-15 7y
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Jess7 “Humans are resilient and creative beings, and out of a social construct created to brutalize and oppress, we‘ve managed to create a lot of beauty.” - Oluo, p. 21 (edited) 7y
Jess7 “If I call a white person a c****er, the worst I can do is ruin their day. If a white person thinks I‘m a n***er, the worst they can do is get me fired, arrested, or even killed in a system that thinks the same —and has the resources to act on it.” - Oluo, p. 28 7y
Jess7 “No, the problem isn‘t just that a white person may think black people are lazy and that hurts people‘s feelings, it‘s that the belief that black people are lazy reinforces and is reinforced by a general dialogue that believes the same, and uses that belief to justify not hiring black people for jobs, denying black people housing, and discriminating against black people in schools.” - Oluo, p. 32 7y
MissAimz_55 I want to read this book so bad! It's never at my library so I'll probably end up buying it. I need a powerful book!! 7y
Jess7 Trust me. This is a book you want to own, underline and tab. It‘s an incredibly powerful, informative book. It‘s even a part “how to” book. How to approach conversations about race. How to fix the big problems. How to respond when someone responds with an argument for reverse racism. It‘s phenomenal and was worth every penny of the $18.00 I spent at Barnes and Noble to own it! @MissAimz_55 (edited) 7y
RidgewayGirl Looks like this is one to buy. Glad I haven‘t used my Christmas amazon gift card yet. 7y