Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo on latest book, "Be a Revolution," and its application in everyday life

Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo discusses her new book "Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World" with poet, licensed attorney, and executive director of the non-profit Creative Justice, Nikkita Oliver. They talk about how people can utilize the book's message in big and small ways today, and the change they hope to see long term as a result.
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So I was blocked by Ijeoma Oluo on her Facebook page because I commented on her post that I, a mixed race Black woman, experienced less support because I failed to meet the criteria for the “perfect victim” - the topic of Ijeoma’s post. I had a post in August 2020 with a similar theme to her post from yesterday about abused animals eliciting more sympathy than abused humans. I cited myself as an example. I was racially oppressed by a whyte woman and wannabe whyte woman and started a petition to raise awareness of it. I noticed that there weren’t many people who look like me who supported me, and mentioned that DiDi Delgado even insulted me in a comment. I didn’t know that DiDi Delgado and Ijeoma were BFFs so I didn’t expect Ijeoma to block me, but she did.
The irony of not meeting her criteria for empathy is not lost on me.