Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America

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After the election of Donald Trump, and the escalation of white male rage and increased hostility toward immigrants that came with him, New York Times-bestselling author Ijeoma Oluo found herself in conversation with Americans around the country, pondering one central question: How did we get here? In this ambitious survey of the last century of American history, Oluo answers that question by pinpointing white men's deliberate efforts to subvert women, people of color, and the disenfranchised. Through research, interviews, and the powerful, personal writing for which she is celebrated, Oluo investigates the backstory of America's growth, from immigrant migration to our national ethos around ingenuity, from the shaping of economic policy to the protection of sociopolitical movements that fortify male power. In the end, she shows how white men have long maintained a stranglehold on leadership and sorely undermined the pursuit of happiness for all.

General Note:

Compact discs.

Edition:

Unabridged.

Physical Description:

8 audio discs (10 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Audiobooks.

Subject Term:

Privilege (Social psychology) -- History.

Male domination (Social structure) -- History.

Men.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Race relations -- History.

Publisher:

Hachette Book Group,

Publication Date:

2020

ISBN:

9781549136931

9781549136955

Publication Information:

[New York] : Hachette Book Group, [2020]

Call Number:

CDB 305.8 OLUO

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From the author of the New York Times bestseller 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 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.