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Author Oluo, Ijeoma, author.

Title Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America / Ijeoma Oluo.

Publication Info. New York : Seal Press, 2020.
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  305.31 OLUO    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  305.31 OLUO    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  305.31 OLU    Storage
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  305.31 OLUO    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  305.3109 OLUO    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  305.3109 OLUO    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  305.3109 OLUO, IJEOMA    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  305.3109 OLU    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  305.31 OLUO    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  305.31 OLU    DUE 05-15-24

Edition First edition.
Description vii, 318 pages ; 25 cm
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?
Summary A history of American white male identity by the author of "So You Want to Talk About Race" imagines a merit-based, non-discriminating model while exposing the actual costs of successes defined by racial and sexual dominance.
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? Oluo shows how, throughout the last 150 years of American history, white male supremacy has wrought devastating consequences for people of color, women and nonbinary people, and white men themselves. She shows that the erasure and oppression of everyone else in America causes racist and sexist behavior, and imagines the possibilities for a new white male identity, free from racism and sexism. -- adapted from jacket
Subject Men, White -- United States.
Male domination (Social structure) -- United States -- History.
Privilege (Social psychology) -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations -- History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Male domination (Social structure) (OCoLC)fst01741391
Men, White. (OCoLC)fst01199190
Privilege (Social psychology) (OCoLC)fst01982883
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781580059510 (hardcover)
1580059511 (hardcover)
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