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The Resource Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America, Ijeoma Oluo

Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America, Ijeoma Oluo

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Summary
A history of American white male identity by the author of "So You Want to Talk About Race" imagines a merit-based, non-discriminating model while exposing the actual costs of successes defined by racial and sexual dominance. What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power? Oluo shows how, throughout the last 150 years of American history, white male supremacy has wrought devastating consequences for people of color, women and nonbinary people, and white men themselves. She shows that the erasure and oppression of everyone else in America causes racist and sexist behavior, and imagines the possibilities for a new white male identity, free from racism and sexism. -- Adapted from jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
vii, 318 pages
Contents
  • Introduction: Works according to design
  • Cowboys and patriots: how the West was won
  • For your benefit, in our image: the centering of white men in social justice movements
  • The Ivy League and the tax eaters: white men's assault on higher education
  • We have far too many Negroes: white America's bitter dependency on people of color
  • Fire the women: the convenient use and abuse of women in the workplace
  • Socialists and quota queens: when women of color challenge the political status quo
  • Go fucking play: football and the fear of black men
  • Conclusion: Can white manhood be more than this?
Isbn
9781580059510
Instance
Label
Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America
Title
Mediocre
Title remainder
the dangerous legacy of white male America
Statement of responsibility
Ijeoma Oluo
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
A history of American white male identity by the author of "So You Want to Talk About Race" imagines a merit-based, non-discriminating model while exposing the actual costs of successes defined by racial and sexual dominance. What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power? Oluo shows how, throughout the last 150 years of American history, white male supremacy has wrought devastating consequences for people of color, women and nonbinary people, and white men themselves. She shows that the erasure and oppression of everyone else in America causes racist and sexist behavior, and imagines the possibilities for a new white male identity, free from racism and sexism. -- Adapted from jacket
Cataloging source
NjBwBT
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Oluo, Ijeoma
Dewey number
305.310973
Index
index present
LC call number
HQ1090.3
LC item number
.O58 2020
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Men, White
  • Male domination (Social structure)
  • Privilege (Social psychology)
  • United States
Target audience
adult
Label
Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America, Ijeoma Oluo
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-306) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: Works according to design -- Cowboys and patriots: how the West was won -- For your benefit, in our image: the centering of white men in social justice movements -- The Ivy League and the tax eaters: white men's assault on higher education -- We have far too many Negroes: white America's bitter dependency on people of color -- Fire the women: the convenient use and abuse of women in the workplace -- Socialists and quota queens: when women of color challenge the political status quo -- Go fucking play: football and the fear of black men -- Conclusion: Can white manhood be more than this?
Control code
on1221004917
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
vii, 318 pages
Isbn
9781580059510
Lccn
2020069039
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1221004917
Label
Mediocre : the dangerous legacy of white male America, Ijeoma Oluo
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-306) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: Works according to design -- Cowboys and patriots: how the West was won -- For your benefit, in our image: the centering of white men in social justice movements -- The Ivy League and the tax eaters: white men's assault on higher education -- We have far too many Negroes: white America's bitter dependency on people of color -- Fire the women: the convenient use and abuse of women in the workplace -- Socialists and quota queens: when women of color challenge the political status quo -- Go fucking play: football and the fear of black men -- Conclusion: Can white manhood be more than this?
Control code
on1221004917
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
vii, 318 pages
Isbn
9781580059510
Lccn
2020069039
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1221004917

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