Order of Ijeoma Oluo Books

Ijeoma Oluo is an American author best known for writing the books, So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America.

In addition to writing books, Oluo has also written extensively for local and national publications including The Guardian, Jezebel, The Stranger, Medium, and The Establishment, where she was also an editor-at-large. Oluo makes her home in Seattle, Washington where she was named as one of the 50 most influential women in Seattle in 2018. During that year, she was also the winner of a Feminist Humanist Award. She drew national attention for her interview with Rachel Dolezal, who was a white woman who self-identified as black.

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Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America digs into the subversive history of white male American identity. For the last 150 years of American history, from the post-reconstruction South to the present-day, white male supremacy has had devastating consequences for women, people of color, and white men themselves. Oluo’s book examines the real costs of generation after generation of white men being taught that they deserve power. Oluo not only presents a case of the real costs of this phenomenon, but also makes a case for a new white male identity, one free from racism and sexism.

Oluo is also the author of So You Want to Talk About Race, a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in America. The book guides readers of all races through many subjects about race including intersectionality and affirmative action to the idea of “model minorities.” Through these examinations, Oluo does the seemingly impossible in this book: has an honest conversation about race and racism, and how it infects every part of our daily lives.