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Mediocre

The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power

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Mediocre

By: Ijeoma Oluo
Narrated by: Ijeoma Oluo
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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 Ltd Freedom & Security Politics & Government Racism & Discrimination Social Sciences Discrimination Social justice Inspiring Socialism American History

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powerful and eye opening. as a white male that grew up in Ireland I feel like a lot of this history should be thought to kids in schools around the world

a must read for all

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Amazing from start to finish. Inspiring, heart rending, informative, smart, organised, heart centred. Books read by authors have something extra special, and this is no exception. BUY IT. LISTEN /READ IT. Hold space for all your reactions. Live the REAL dream of each of us having room for all of us with compassion. THANK YOU AUTHOR.

hands down fantastic and intense

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A must read, especially to those who worship at the alter of mediocrity.
Great to hear Ijeoma read her own work too, there is always a difference when authors read their own work.
Thanks you Ijeoma for this insightful book, so relevant to right now.

Incredible

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Very important analysis of our current situation and how we got here.

And the author is also a vg narrator, her soft tones really emphasised the material

Very important

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loved it, finished it in two settings. It articulates brilliantly the issues we have all seen and felt around the sham of meritocracy. Can't recommend it enough!

Fantastic read

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