Librarian: Unless your library is an academic one, you can feel free to ignore this book. Even then, unless your library is at a university that’s got a specific program relating to this topic, it’s probably skippable.
Reader: By this point nearly everyone with an internet connection understands the importance of intersectionality regarding social justice issues. If they didn’t understand it already then it’s probably been beaten over their heads by internet SJWs. No one is arguing about that. (Doing so can be painful.) We don’t need more ranting on this subject, and that’s what this book is. Specifically it was the author’s rant about how the LGBTQ+ community “sold out” by focusing on marriage equality. By the time you’re a third of the way through the book is becomes obvious that the author believes that the LGBTQ community should ignore “normal” relationship standards and argue for something more radical. (Never mind the fact that only the very, very liberal fringe wants anything like what he clearly wants. Strange though it may seem to him, most people actually wanted marriage equality, and many people are uncomfortable with sexual licentiousness. That may be, because of “cultural brainwashing”, but it’s still true.)
What drove me most nuts about the book was how he tried to frame his arguments as being concerned for the working class. Except that it was readily apparent that he had little recent interaction with people in that class. This is an unfortunate trait amongst many on the left, and something that really needs to be addresses. You can’t preach intersectionality while simultaneously telling the working class what they should want, but not listening to what they actually want. If Duberman had actually listened to the people he claimed to speak for, he would find that most of his arguments hold little water for them.
This book is well researched, but its written in the self-satisfied tone that causes large segments of the country to turn away from causes that are actually worthwhile.