Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America (Paperback)
by Ijeoma Oluo
Description
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Be A Revolution, an "illuminating" (New York Times Book Review) history of white male identity.
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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 color, instead of by actual accomplishments?
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Through the last 150 years of American history -- from the post-reconstruction South and the mythic stories of cowboys in the West, 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 color, and white men themselves. Mediocre investigates the real costs of this phenomenon in order to imagine a new white male identity, one free from racism and sexism.
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As provocative as it is essential, this book will upend everything you thought you knew about American identity and offers a bold new vision of American greatness.
About the Author
Ijeoma Oluo is a writer, speaker, and internet yeller. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race and, most recently, Be A Revolution: How Everyday People are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--and How You Can, Too. Her work has been featured in the Guardian, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, among many other publications. She was named to the 2021 Time 100 Next list and has twice been named to the Root 100. She received the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award and the 2020 Harvard Humanist of the Year Award from the American Humanist Association. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
Product Details
Category: Whiteness Studies
Language: English
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: New
ISBN-10: 158005952X
ISBN-13: 978-1580059527
Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
Date Published: November 09, 2021
Pages: 336
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