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Mediocre

The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power

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Mediocre

By: Ijeoma Oluo
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From the author of the Sunday Times and number one New York Times best seller So You Want to Talk About Race, a subversive history of white male American identity.

What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power? What happens when success is defined by status over women and people of colour, instead of actual accomplishments?

Through the last 150 years of American history - from the post-Reconstruction South and the mythic stories of cowboys, to the present-day controversy over NFL protests and the backlash against the rise of women in politics - Ijeoma Oluo exposes the devastating consequences of white male supremacy on women, people of colour, and white men themselves.

As provocative as it is essential, Mediocre investigates the real costs of white male power in order to imagine a new white male identity, one free from racism and sexism.

©2020 Ijeoma Oluo (P)2020 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Civil Rights & Liberties Freedom & Security Politics & Government Racism & Discrimination Social Sciences Inspiring Social justice Discrimination American History Socialism
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great storytelling combined with very informative knowledge and research. But i would have appreciated more attention to how many white women use white female victimhood, their whiteness and their proximity to white men to oppress Black people and other people of colour. Perhaps an idea for a next book? 😬
I also would have appreciated more attention to the issues of Black men and the anti-Blackness within other communities of people of colour

intruiging and informative

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