Ijeoma Oluo
American writer and speaker
Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based American writer and speaker who writes about race, identity and social justice. She wrote So You Want to Talk About Race.
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American Born 1980 in Denton, United States
About Ijeoma Oluo
Ijeoma Oluo is an American writer and speaker, born in Denton, Texas, in 1980 and based in Seattle, Washington. Her work covers racism, intersectionality, feminism, online harassment, economics, parenting and social justice. She has written for The Guardian, Jezebel, The Stranger and Medium, and was editor-at-large at The Establishment. She gained wider attention in 2017 with an interview of Rachel Dolezal for The Stranger. Her book So You Want to Talk About Race is a New York Times best seller. In 2018 the American Humanist Society gave her its Feminist Humanist Award, and she has been named among the most influential people in Seattle.