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Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too by Ijeoma Oluo [Paperback Book]
Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too by Ijeoma Oluo [Paperback Book]
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Inspiring stories of everyday activists creating real change across America’s systems.
Practical guidance on fighting oppression in education, media, labor, and more.
Encourages loving action over pain in conversations about race and racism.
Written by bestselling author Ijeoma Oluo, a trusted voice on racial equity.
Paperback format with 432 pages of empowering, hopeful content for change-makers.
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Isbn/Issn9780063140196
PublisherHarperCollins
Number Of Pages432
Year2025
LanguageEnglish
AuthorIjeoma Oluo
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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.
In the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want To Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo offered a vital guide for how to talk about important issues of race and racism in society. In Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America, she discussed the ways in which white male supremacy has had an impact on our systems, our culture, and our lives throughout American history. But now that we better understand these systems of oppression, the question is this: What can we do about them?
With Be A Revolution: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too, 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—like education, media, labor, health, housing, policing, and more—she highlights what people are doing to create change for intersectional racial equity. She also illustrates various ways in which the reader can find entryways into change in these same areas, or can bring some of this important work being done elsewhere to where they live.
This book aims to not only be educational, 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.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN/ISSN: 9780063140196
Number of Pages: 432
Year: 2025
Language: English
Cover Type: Paperback Book
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Ever wonder how everyday folks are turning frustration into real change? Dive into *Be a Revolution* by Ijeoma Oluo, a powerful guide that moves beyond just talking about race and racism to showing how people across America are actively dismantling systems of oppression. This 432-page paperback unpacks how activists are transforming education, media, labor, health, housing, policing, and more—offering inspiring stories and practical ways you can join the movement in your own community. Oluo’s fresh approach shifts the conversation from pain to loving action, making this book both an urgent call and a hopeful roadmap for change. Inside, you’ll find eye-opening insights from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of *So You Want to Talk About Race* and *Mediocre*, all wrapped in a friendly, accessible tone. Whether you’re new to activism or looking to deepen your impact, this book arms you with knowledge and motivation to be part of the revolution. Ready to turn awareness into action? Grab your copy of *Be a Revolution* and start making a difference today. Because change isn’t just for the few—it’s for all of us.
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Who is the author of this book?
Ijeoma Oluo, bestselling author known for her insightful work on race and social justice.
What topics does the book cover?
It explores activism in education, media, labor, health, housing, policing, and more.
Is this book suitable for beginners on racial equity?
Yes! It’s designed to inspire and guide people new to fighting oppression.
What format is the book available in?
This edition is a paperback book with 432 pages.
Can this book help me take action in my community?
Absolutely! It offers practical ways to get involved and drive positive change locally.
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Business name: HarperCollins Publishers, LLC
Business address: 2711 Centerville Road, Wilmington, Delaware, 19808, The United States
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We all know the problems, this book showcasing people engaging in solutions. Ijeoma Oluo, the woman who wrote So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America , spent years helping people understand the systems of oppression we live inside. Now she’s asking the harder question: what can we actually DO about it?  Be a Revolution looks at education, media, labor, health, housing, policing, and more not to explain the problem again, but to show you what everyday people are already doing to tear those systems down and build something better. It covers disability justice because there is no racial justice without it. Labor and environmental justice uncovering the deep connections between racism, labor exploitation, and environmental apartheid. Abolition in action  going beyond theory to show how activists are building new systems of accountability and transformative justice.  This isn’t a grief book. This isn’t a trauma tour. Oluo wants to take the conversation on race out of a place of pure pain and into a place of loving action.  She interviewed the organizers. She did the homework. And she’s handing you the toolkit. As one line in the book puts it: The revolution may not be televised but it will be painted. It will be sung.  #book#booktokk#bookrecst#postivitiyi#activismt#leftist
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