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nuhafariha 's review for:
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
by Ijeoma Oluo
Thanks to Perseus Books and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader's Copy!
Available Dec 1 2020
Ijeoma Oluo's scathing and accurate new book, "Mediocre" is a fantastic analysis at the role of whiteness and patriarchy in creating and maintaining corrupt systems. Through an exploration of Manifest Destiny to exploring Kopernick and the NFL, Oluo presents case study after case study that strike against American "meritocracy". What was most illuminating is the way Oluo shows how the concept of white maleness is destructive to white males themselves.
One of the most moving portions of the book for me was the way Oluo describes the threat of toxic white maleness on her own life, from suicide notes and death threats in her emails to an actual SWAT team called on her teenage son. Oftentimes, we don't see the toll that doing this type of work has on the writer and the writer's family. We forget that they too are humans with emotions and stress limits. Reading it made me even more in awe of Oluo's grace and strength and bravery to continue to engage in these conversations.
Much love.
Available Dec 1 2020
Ijeoma Oluo's scathing and accurate new book, "Mediocre" is a fantastic analysis at the role of whiteness and patriarchy in creating and maintaining corrupt systems. Through an exploration of Manifest Destiny to exploring Kopernick and the NFL, Oluo presents case study after case study that strike against American "meritocracy". What was most illuminating is the way Oluo shows how the concept of white maleness is destructive to white males themselves.
One of the most moving portions of the book for me was the way Oluo describes the threat of toxic white maleness on her own life, from suicide notes and death threats in her emails to an actual SWAT team called on her teenage son. Oftentimes, we don't see the toll that doing this type of work has on the writer and the writer's family. We forget that they too are humans with emotions and stress limits. Reading it made me even more in awe of Oluo's grace and strength and bravery to continue to engage in these conversations.
Much love.