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A review by hellalibrary
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
If you want your blood to boil, then this is the book for you!
Ijeoma Oluo goes *deep* into the history of the white male in USA.
I took my time with this one. I was actually reading this when the Super Bowl happened - there’s a chapter about Football and the Super Bowl! And then I was still reading this when Framing Britney Spears came out - there’s a chapter called Fire the Women: The Convenient Use and Abuse of Women in the Workplace. So - yea, it was a rage-filled couple of weeks.
Similar to how Stamped blew my mind with all of the *real* history I ended up learning, I learned A LOT from this book.
From Cowboys to Bernie Sanders to the Ivy League, Oluo gives us a history lesson and ties it to the modern world where white male supremacy is still upheld. It’s truly no wonder why the Insurrection happened on January 6th.
White men in society have always and continue to be the priority in this country by all of us, regardless of race or gender. But, Oluo says, we can break free. “We must start making better and more informed choices - with our votes, our wallets, our media, our societal expectations. [...] We have to not only believe that we deserve better; we have to have faith that we can do better. And we have to start now.”
Ijeoma Oluo goes *deep* into the history of the white male in USA.
I took my time with this one. I was actually reading this when the Super Bowl happened - there’s a chapter about Football and the Super Bowl! And then I was still reading this when Framing Britney Spears came out - there’s a chapter called Fire the Women: The Convenient Use and Abuse of Women in the Workplace. So - yea, it was a rage-filled couple of weeks.
Similar to how Stamped blew my mind with all of the *real* history I ended up learning, I learned A LOT from this book.
From Cowboys to Bernie Sanders to the Ivy League, Oluo gives us a history lesson and ties it to the modern world where white male supremacy is still upheld. It’s truly no wonder why the Insurrection happened on January 6th.
White men in society have always and continue to be the priority in this country by all of us, regardless of race or gender. But, Oluo says, we can break free. “We must start making better and more informed choices - with our votes, our wallets, our media, our societal expectations. [...] We have to not only believe that we deserve better; we have to have faith that we can do better. And we have to start now.”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism