Ijeoma Oluo

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Writer & Social Activist Known for Her Work on Issues of Race & Identity; Author of "So You Want to Talk About Race"

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Ijeoma Oluo Biography

Ijeoma Oluo (ee-joh-mah oh-loo-oh) is a Seattle-based writer, speaker and internet yeller. Her work on social issues such as race and gender has been published in The Guardian, Esquire, Washington Post, ELLE Magazine, New York Times, NBC News and more. She has been featured on The Daily Show, All Things Considered, BBC News, and more.

Her #1 NYT bestselling first book, "So You Want To Talk About Race," was released January 2018 with Seal Press. Her second book, "MEDIOCRE: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America," was published December 2020 with Seal Press and her upcoming book, "Be A Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World - and How You Can Too," was published January 2024 with Harper One.

Oluo was named one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Seattle by Seattle Met, one of The Root's 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2017 & 2018, and is the recipient of the Feminist Humanist Award 2018 by the American Humanist Association, the Harvard Humanist of the year 2020, the Media Justice Award by the Gender Justice League, and the 2018 Aubrey Davis Visionary Leadership Award by the Equal Opportunity Institute.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/10/2024.

Ijeoma Oluo Speaking Topics

  • So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo Videos

  • Ijeoma Oluo - The Pyramid Scheme Of White Supremacy | The Daily Show
    Author Ijeoma Oluo discusses why talking about race makes people uncomfortable, how white men play into the pyramid scheme of white supremacy and how...
  • Ijeoma Oluo with Charles Mudede: So You Want to Talk About Race
    Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy–from police brutality to the mass incarceration of African Americans–have made it impossible...
  • Ijeoma Oluo On Talking About Race And Racism
    Ijeoma Oluo is the author of the New York Times bestseller, "So You Want to Talk About Race," a frank how-to manual for engaging in conversation...

Ijeoma Oluo Books

  • Be a Revolution: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World―and How You Can, Too
    Be a Revolution: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World―and How You Can, Too
  • Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy Of White Male America
    Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy Of White Male America
  • So You Want to Talk About Race
    So You Want to Talk About Race
  • The Badass Feminist Coloring Book (Volume 1)
    The Badass Feminist Coloring Book (Volume 1)

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