If you work with white men, if you vote, and if you pay attention to global politics, you’re constantly confronted with the phenomenon of how white male identity has been constructed. “Primarily, it was my life in work as a Black woman. Ijeoma Oluo Courtesy What made you delve into the topic of the dominance of mediocre white men? We caught up with the author to talked mediocrity, accountability, and progress.
It’s a necessary read for the world we live in. Oluo’s latest book, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America, paints an urgent, honest picture of how white male identity has spawned unrest in the country’s political ideology, exploring the system’s power dynamics with sharp insight and a profound pace that verges on activism. She is genuinely invested in the authentic portrayal of the Black community and what makes it tick, however emotionally exhausting it may be. The Seattle-based, Nigerian-American writer and author of New York Times best-seller So You Want To Talk About Race is inspired by identity politics in the US, focusing on critiques about race and the oppression of Black women in contemporary culture. Then there are others, like author Ijeoma Oluo, whose way of thinking is immediately and deeply immersive, forcing you to envelop yourself in her world, head under water, all at once.
There are people who permeate your consciousness over time, drip by drip, like the leak of a tap.
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