Mediocre
The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
7 December 2020
Summary
From the TIME 100 author of the Sunday Times and number 1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, a subversive history of white male American identity.
‘One of the most admired writers and “internet yellers” around… [Mediocre is] ever more vital… Oluo’s meeting the time – this movement against white supremacy and systems of oppression. But the question she keeps asking in her work: Are we?’ IBRAM X KENDI
‘Mediocre paints an urgent, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529353808 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529353807 |
| Author: | Ijeoma Oluo |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 7 December 2020 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 154mm x 28mm |
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PRAISE FOR SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE - *
Impassioned and unflinching - VogueInsightful and trenchant - Publisher’s WeeklyIn order to dismantle white supremacy, we must be able to clearly name it … Oluo answers some of the most common questions we hear from white people about racism - GuardianA clear and candid contribution to an essential conversation - KirkusGenerous and empathetic, yet usefully blunt…it’s for anyone who wants to be smarter and more empathetic about matters of race and engage in more productive anti-racist action - Salon.comAbout The Author
Ijeoma Oluo
Ijeoma Oluo is the author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race. Her work on race has been featured in Guardian, New York Times and the Washington Post. She received the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award from the American Humanist Association. Ijeoma was named on the 2021 TIME 100 list of ‘Emerging Leaders Who Are Shaping the Future’. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
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