01957cam a2200301 i 4500 1855963836 TxAuBib 20210117120000.0 201117s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781580059510 28.00 1580059511 28.00 TxAuBib rda Oluo, Ijeoma, author. Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America / Ijeoma Oluo. First edition. New York : Seal Press, 2020. vii, 318 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-306) and index. "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"-- Provided by publisher. 20210117. CDPC522. Men, White United States. Male domination (Social structure) United States History. United States Race relations History.