Ijeoma Oluo
Ijeoma Oluo | |
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| Born | 1980 (age 45–46) Denton, Texas, US |
| Other names | Ijeoma Jacobson |
| Education | BA political science (2007) |
| Alma mater | Western Washington University |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable work | So You Want to Talk About Race |
| Spouse | Gabriel Teodros (m. 2022) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Ahamefule J. Oluo (brother) Lindy West (sister in-law) |
Ijeoma Oluo ⓘ (/iˈdʒoʊmə oʊˈluːoʊ/; born 1980) is an American writer. She is the author of So You Want to Talk About Race and has written for The Guardian, Jezebel, The Stranger, Medium, and The Establishment, where she was also an editor-at-large.
Born in Denton, Texas, and based in Seattle, Washington, in 2015, Oluo was named one of the most influential people in Seattle, and in 2018, she was named one of the 50 most influential women in Seattle. Her writing covers racism, misogynoir, intersectionality, online harassment, the Black Lives Matter movement, economics, parenting, feminism, and social justice.
She gained prominence for articles critiquing race and the invisibility of women's voices, like her April 2017 interview with Rachel Dolezal, published in The Stranger.