Mediocre
The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power
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Ijeoma Oluo
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Ijeoma Oluo
About this listen
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 LtdWhat listeners say about Mediocre
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- Megan Parker
- 12-01-2021
Must read for anyone surprised by capitol attacks
This author is almost prophetic in her understanding of the cataclysmic impacts white male entitlement can have.
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- Hannah G
- 27-01-2021
Brilliant
This book is just brilliant. Impeccably researched and well expressed, it’s a must read for anyone living in this world and suffering under patriarchy (white men included) 👌
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- N. Brown
- 24-02-2021
absolutely spectacular!
should be curriculum text. Oluo hits the nail on the head with the current social issues highlighted in the book.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-07-2021
Fascinating narrative and thoroughly challenging
A very US-centric book but the contents was still incredible. I found it an interesting story which began to pack punches more in the second half.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-05-2021
Brilliantly educational
I was expecting a mostly feminist book but I was pleasantly surprised to also learn the history of racism in America. Absolutely fascinating and appalling. I loved this book and the narration was wonderful. I finished it in one day because I just couldn’t stop listening. Will be buying the authors other books right now!
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- Liz
- 11-01-2021
Started off well
Became quite monotonous and predictable.
Don’t listen to if you are contemplating or in the midst of a separation- too depressing in parts
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