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Mediocre

The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

Ijeoma Oluo

A scathing indictment of white male America's deliberate efforts to subvert women, people of color, and the disenfranchised, this ambitious survey of American history explores the backstory of America's growth, from immigrant migration to sociopolitical movements that reinforce male power. Through interviews, research, and powerful personal writing, the author reveals how white men have long maintained a stranglehold on leadership, at the cost of everyone else's pursuit of happiness.
Publish Date
2020-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
2020-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.42
ISBN
9781580059510
Recommendations
2
Recommendations
2021-01-29T19:08:23.000Z
My last piece @TheAtlantic was a list of 10 notable political books by Black women published in 2020 when the American people made history by electing Vice President Kamala Harris. Check the stack! These are the books I recommend for #BlackHistoryMonth.      source
2020-12-03T17:31:25.000Z
50 pages in and absolutely loving the newest @IjeomaOluo book, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America. It brilliantly captures the dangers of this mediocrity (itself a symptom of privilege) for all, including the very white folks it benefits in relative terms      source