So You Want to Talk about Race

Short Review: Different books have different strengths, the strengths of So You Want to Talk About Race is it direct approach to the ideas around race and approaches to how the reader can both learn more generally, but in particular have difficult conversations about race.

Chapter 1 talks about what race is. Chapter 2 is about racism. Each chapter builds on previous chapters and cover topics like intersectionality and privilege, and police brutality and the “N” word and messing up conversations on race, etc.

I keep changing the book that I would say is the best opening point for new readers. And in part there is no one perfect book for everyone. But I think for many people, this is a good introductory place to start. The definitions are clear, there are lots of examples and analogies. There are stories and humor, but also very clear talk.

My full (about 1400 word) review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race/