So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo

Race is not something people can choose to ignore anymore. Some of us have been speaking all along, and have not been heard. Others are trying out their voices for the first time.

RACE AS WE KNOW IT IN THE US IS CLOSELY INTEGRATED with our economic system.

Racism in America exists to exclude people of color from opportunity and progress so that there is more profit for others deemed superior.