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Title Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America / Ijeoma Oluo.
Publisher New York : Seal Press, 2020.
Copyright ©2020
Description vii, 318 pages ; 25 cm
Edition First Edition.


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 HM-Main Level  305.310973 OLU Nearby on shelf  31248008800417 (none)  AVAILABLE
Note "This book is dedicated to Black women: You are more important than white supremacy." Dedication page.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-306) and index.
Summary "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? 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. 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."-- Amazon.
Subject Men, White -- United States.
Male domination (Social structure) -- United States -- History.
Privilege (Social psychology) -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations -- History.
Other title Dangerous legacy of white male America
ISBN 9781580059510
1580059511