![]() ![]() The most noteworthy aspect of the book is how clearly it illustrates “idea laundering,” the process by which lofty academic ideas filter into the popular consciousness through a succession of authors, making it difficult to recognize their origins. Critical race theory is a scholarly enterprise based on the assumption that racism is 1) permanent, 2) pervasive, 3) structural, 4) part of an interlocking system of oppressions and 5) best understood through lived experience. ![]() Ijeoma Oluo’s So You Want to Talk About Race is one of a growing number of books that communicates critical race theory to a popular audience. ![]()
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