A Sense of Doubt blog post #3091 - Revolutionary Reads: Presenting Ijeoma Oluo
We want to bring this author to LCC for NW Voices this academic year.
I had a post set up from back in 2020, so I reached back into the draft archive for today's feature.
Temporary Facebook suspension[edit]
Oluo's Facebook account was temporarily suspended in 2017. She had made a joke on Twitter that she felt uncomfortable around "white folk in cowboy hats" the first time she went in a Cracker Barrel. In response, she received hundreds of threats and racist messages on Twitter and to her Facebook account.[29][30] Twitter took down tweets and banned users who were breaking its terms of service, but Oluo said Facebook did nothing for three days.[30] Her account was suspended after Oluo posted screenshots of the messages, saying Facebook was not doing anything to help. Facebook later apologized and reactivated her account, saying the suspension had been a mistake. Oluo said the Facebook accounts of several other black activists have been suspended after publicly posting screenshots of threatening messages they had received, and each time Facebook said it was a mistake.[30][31]
I would make that same joke if I was her.
Fuck Cracker Barrel and the "crackers" that eat there.
So, just this today.
Thanks for tuning in.
2020 Revolutionary Reads: Presenting Ijeoma Oluo
Oct 4, 2020
Fort Vancouver Regional Library District
367 views Oct 4, 2020 WASHINGTON
Revolutionary Reads is an annual community reading and event series from Fort Vancouver Regional Libraries to engage readers, spark dialogue, and inspire ideas that just might change the world.
Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race, winner of the 2019 Washington State Book Award and a New York Times bestseller, joined us to discuss her book, anti-racism, and the need to take action in our own lives.
See our online calendar for future library programs: https://fvrl.librarymarket.com/events/
Watch for information about our next Revolutionary Read: https://www.fvrl.org/revolutionary-reads
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