“Erudite yet accessible, grounded in careful research as well as Oluo’s personal experiences of racism and misogyny, this is an essential reckoning with race, sex, and power in America.” -PW, starred review ( full review here) a bold, incisive book on heavy topics with a call to action for a more equitable future that doesn’t center White men.” -Kirkus, starred review. with solid scholarship and useful pop culture references. “A gifted storyteller and thorough researcher. In charting a new white masculinity free of racism and sexism, Mediocre is a liberatory book. “Oluo adeptly historicizes the brutal effects of white male supremacy on people of color, white women, and white men. “This well-researched, yet highly personal, tome shines a spotlight on modern-day racism and white supremacy.” -USA Today There is levity and voice in Mediocre.” -Washington Post But she is also inviting us, on occasion, to chuckle. Oluo is asking us to evaluate the myths America tells itself about itself, see the violence within, be honest about the perpetrators and the victims, and then tell different stories.

'A conversational call to action, an urging to rewrite our definition of White manhood and diminish the power it holds…. “Wide-ranging in the cultural history it provides, Mediocre illuminates the various ways white men work to maintain racial power.” -New York Times Book Review Praise for Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America, by Ijeoma Oluo

Politically Reactive w/ Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabalu 2020 Harvard Humanist of the Year Award by, American Humanist AssociationĢ020 Shero Award by, National Organization For WomenĢ019 Washington State Book Award by, Library of Congress Washington Center for the BookĢ018 Feminist Humanist Award by, American Humanist AssociationĢ018 Media Justice Award by, Gender Justice LeagueĢ018 Aubrey Davis Visionary Leadership Award by Equal Opportunity Institute

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