Oluo, Ijeoma
9780063140196, 0063140195
Paperback
 
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.
 
“A remarkable, inviting and even comforting manual for how people can come together to build a more peaceful world."—San Francisco Chronicle
 
In her previous books, Ijeoma Oluo discussed the issues of race and racism in society, how they persist, and how to talk about them. But now that we better understand these systems of oppression, the question is this: What can we do about them? With Be a Revolution, Oluo aims to show how people across America are working to create real positive change in our structures. Looking at many of our most powerful systems—such as education, media, labor, health, housing, policing, and more—she highlights what people are doing to create change for racial equity. She also illustrates various ways in which you can find entryways into change, or can use their ideas to improve your own community.
 
This book aims not only to educate, but to inspire action and change. Oluo wishes to take our conversations on race and racism out of a place of pure pain and trauma and into a place of loving action. Be a Revolution is both an urgent chronicle of this important moment in history as well as an inspiring and restorative call for action.