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Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America
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Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
vii, 318 pages ; 25 cm.
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.
Contents:
Introduction: Works according to design -- Cowboys and patriots: how the West was won -- For your benefit, in our image: the centering of white men in social justice movements -- The Ivy League and the tax eaters: white men's assault on higher education -- We have far too many Negroes: white America's bitter dependency on people of color -- Fire the women: the convenient use and abuse of women in the workplace -- Socialists and quota queens: when women of color challenge the political status quo -- Go fucking play: football and the fear of black men -- Conclusion: Can white manhood be more than this?
Publication Info:
New York : Seal Press, 2020.

©2020.
Subject:
Men, White -- United States.
Male domination (Social structure) -- United States -- History.
Privilege (Social psychology) -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations -- History
White men
Domination, Male (Social structure)
SAILS ISBN:
9781580059510