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Mediocre

Paperback • 2020 • English • 1. edition

Mediocre: the dangerous legacy of white male power

By Ijeoma Oluo

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About the book

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 colour, instead of actual accomplishments? Through the last 150 years of American history -- from the post-Reconstruction South and the mythic stories of cowboys, 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 wh...Show more

Social discrimination and social justice
Ethnic groups and multicultural studies

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9781529353808

Publisher

Basic Books

Published year

2020

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Mediocre

Format

Paperback

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