In Mediocre, Ijeoma Oluo explores the mediocre aspirations to power of White Men - and the implications it has for everyone competing with them, including themselves. Be exploring the historical context of white supremacy and white power, she discusses the effects and oppression of several groups of people, including indigenous Americans, women aspiring to power, Women of Color aspiring to power, and the violence against Black Americans, to name a few. She explores historical and contemporary figures and eras, including the legend of Buffalo Bill, the presidential run of Shirley Chisholm, and the protests of Black Athletes in response to police brutality. Oluo integrates historical data, professional and critical analysis, and her own snarky opinion to coherently bring together what I feel is a solid argument. Oluo's personal commentary and anecdotal evidence to support the research only adds to her argument. She provides a well-researched, social commentary on white supremacy and it's negative effects on fully making progress. in our country. I personally had so many highlighted quotes and sections from this book, several take aways on the implications of her arguments, and honestly spent half the time reading the book aloud to my partner out of shock, and some dark humor. Her humor is fantastic - not the ha ha type, but the "I need to laugh about this or I'll cry" type. Overall, if you want a good exploration into some of the problems behind our lack of progress in this country, presented by a thoughtful, intelligent and well organized argument, I highly recommend this book.

Timely and topical - a quick swim through history highlighting a variety of mediocre white men and the harm that they caused and will continue to cause.

Imagine the comprehensive cultural critiques of Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women and Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America braided with the personal voice of I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness and the result is this bracing take on a particular toxicity that has run through the American society from its inception. I recommended it to a few friends directly and whoever bothers reading things I throw out into the world on Twitter, well aware of the book's critique of liberal white males who self-righteously recommend books on feminism and racism to women and people of color in perverse virtue signaling. I hear you. So here I stop.

Ijeoma is amazing. She’s telling and dealing with hard topics and makes it easy to understand her points. I found myself shaking my head going yep yep that happens and happened to me too. This would be a great book for someone trying to understand how white supremacy/the patriarchy, is impacting others.

She’s become one of my favorite people to follow on socials and she’s not just discussing race relations. She’s tackling the fashion industry with sizing. Loves makeup and still points out when a brand isn’t very inclusive.

Thank you to @netgalley for sending me the ARC of this title in exchange for a review.⁣
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This book covers so many topics as it pertains to the toxicity of white supremacy, especially when it comes to white manhood. Some of the topics she discusses: the American west/Manifest destiny Bernie bros, the NFL, elected officials and higher education. ⁣
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This book is VERY readable especially for being nonfiction and I learned so much about history, weaving into our present. On the podcast episode, she discusses specifically why she did not add anything re. 2020 (i.e. the pandemic, voting Trump out, etc) and I completely get why she made this choice. Our work is not done just because we voted Trump out and this book definitely highlights how much further we have still to go. ⁣
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I recommend this book if you are looking to learn more about American history/present and how it pertains to white supremacy. If you're wondering how white supremacy persists even sometimes in liberals/progressive groups, not just in the obvious ways.⁣
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"I can only imagine how desolately lonely it must feel to only be able to relate to other human beings through conquer and competition."⁣
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"Politics that does not always center white men is something that white men can get used to-- and they must."⁣
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"Not only have things in America not been built for me, they have never been built for me."⁣

I enjoyed Oluo’s writing and voice which she uses to great effect in a mix of history and current examples focusing on systemic racism in the U.S. I did feel the book lost a bit of steam as it went on, but overall it’s timely and adds to a national conversation that is long overdue. There should not be anything new in terms of our history, but unfortunately too much has been swept under the rug as we’ve drifted from (or ignored) primary sources.

Oluo expands on subjects such as The Great Migration to include poor whites which is rarely discussed in terms of the implications for the country as a whole. There are many such insights that make this a compelling and necessary read right now. The U.S. has the choice (once again) to come to terms with its shadow and our actual history rather than our myths. Oluo is an important voice to encourage us that it is not only time, but it's indeed possible.

I received this ARC via NetGalley. Thank you to the publisher.

As soon as I heard that Oluo was releasing another book I immediately sought out a copy. I couldn't wait until it was released so sought out a galley ASAP.* I will buy a copy as well, because she's wonderful. My response is definitely messy, but it's because she makes me think so much about so many things and I just sort of try to regurgitate all of my thoughts at the same time instead of cohesively sharing them.

First, a diatribe about the early reviews I saw on Goodreads: If you ever needed a reason to read books like this (you don't), you should take a look at the reviews for this one on Goodreads. Not only have a lot of the 1- and 2-star reviews totally misunderstood the entire book, they have attempted to explain their ratings with the thinnest of reasons that frankly annoyed the shit out of me. Not only are there the men (god fearing Christians if they're to be believed) who completely missed that Oluo isn't saying all white men are mediocre, just that the racist-ass systems built by white men reward the most mediocre of them, they straight up appear not to have even read the book, let alone tried to understand it.

The WORST review by far is the white woman who attempted to tear down the book because it lacked academic credibility ("THE FEMINIST IN ME LIKED THIS - THE ACADEMIC IN ME DID NOT"), she may as well have started her review with "I'm not racist, but . . .".  At no point has Oluo ever claimed to be an academic. She is very upfront about being a journalist and observer who writes about her lived experience and attempts to provide context (historical and current) to support or reiterate her claims (or even dispute them on some occasions). To call her out for something she never claimed or tried to do is an underhanded (you can read that as racist) attempt to undermine her credibility and lived experience.

"The 'male supremacy' in white male supremacy has been in place in white culture since before white people thought of themselves as white. For centuries, women were not allowed to own property, to attend university, to vote. Whatever degree of freedom women and girls had in their public and private lives was determined by men." (Introduction)

"To be a white man—a straight, abled, cisgender white man—in public office means never having to say you're sorry and still getting reelected . . .  Women, people of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people—they are afforded no such grace. Those of us who wish to hold office must have personal lives beyond reproach; we must be sure to moderate our political views. We must hold degrees from traditionally white institutions, or be able to prove that our education at schools of color did not radicalize us. We cannot appear to ever be angry. We must always prove that we are willing to prioritize the concerns of white men in our work no matter how few are in our constituency.

So while just about every flavor of white man in America is going to have at least a few representatives in their government, the rest of us are lucky if we have any. One Latinx person in office is supposed to represent the needs of all Latinx, Black, Asian American, Indigenous, and Pacific Islander constituents. One woman in office is supposed to represent all women of varying races and ethnicities, sexualities, classes, and political ideologies." (Chapter 5)

Second, what I struggled with in this book: The sheer scope of it. This isn't the first time I struggled with Oluo's ability to write about a seemingly crazy diverse set of subjects and weave them together into a cohesive narrative. I said the same thing when I read So You Want to Talk about Race. Not only could I read an entire book about each one of the chapters in that book I could do it in this one as well. Oluo's writing style is so approachable and conversational and the personal details where she connects herself to the point she's trying to make is incredible. It not only makes the narrative come alive, it makes it personal. As I read Chapter 6, Socialists and Quota Queens: When Women of Color Challenge the Political Status Quo, I could sense her pride and feel her rage and the range of emotions she put into that one chapter was astounding.

And I won't lie as a white cis-gendered male, who is probably mediocre at best, I definitely had some frank conversations with myself as I read this. Were there times I saw myself in it and was like oh shit that's definitely not good? Yes. Were there also times where I was like holy shit why would any one do/say/allow something like that to happen? Also, yes. So it was an interesting few days as I read the book to see my own fallibilities but to also to see where I've grown over my life.

"While Chisholm may have been quickly erased from many history books, her impact on national politics for Black Americans and Black women was real. Chisholm was the first. Someone had to be, and she stepped up to show that a Black American—a Black woman—could run a serious campaign for president of the United States and could take that campaign to the national convention. The spirit of Shirley Chisholm was felt when Barack Obama became the first Black president in 2008." (Chapter 6)

I also struggled a lot with how angry I am at the lack of a well-rounded education I received growing up. There are so many things that we were force fed that not only glossed over various atrocities in American history (hello Trail of Tears), but that were blatantly false or omitted. We never once discussed Shirley Chisholm (Wikipedia) growing up in any of my American history classes and that's absolute bullshit. Not only did we discuss Geraldine Ferraro's (Wikipedia) inclusion on the 1984 ticket, she was held up as a beacon of hope for women in political office and that was a DECADE AFTER Chisholm had not only ran for President in the Democratic primary, but went all the way to the convention. There were other pieces of my childhood education that Oluo shined a light on that just angered me even more and reminded me how much sway places like Texas (because of how many text books they buy) and other southern states have on our childhood education.

"I am not defending higher education because I love, or even like, the institution. I am defending it because without it, we are lost. And because I have seen, in my own academic history and in the countless hours I've spent on campuses across the country, what higher education could be." (Chapter 3)

Finally, everything else that was wonderful and I loved: the intersectionality of everything Oluo writes. Not only does she center her interests in what she writes as a Black (queer? I can't remember how she identifies, but I think she said she was somewhere in the alphabet soup in the last book) woman, but she includes nods to so many other intersections of identity and it is always wonderful to read, specifically this one acknowledgment of trans lives:

"To many women (and anyone with a uterus, regardless of gender), especially on the left, the assault on reproductive rights was a serious issue facing America." (Chapter 2)

I don't know why that one line stood out to me so much, but if anything, it made me fanboy for Oluo even more than I already do. Add in that she not only called out Bernie Sanders (and his bros) for their misogyny and racism, but she brought the receipts.

Seriously, though as much as I struggled with the depth and breadth of the work it was also one of the advantages of this book. From cowboys, social justice movements and the Ivy League to Black labor, women's labor and politics, and professional football, she really went wide to say hey look at all of these systems (tied to one intrinsically systemic racist system) that prop up the most mediocre of white men. And again, she brought the receipts. She easily could've written a book on every one of the subjects or the people she interviewed, but she had to show some restraint as she says in the acknowledgments that it could've been 10,000 pages.

And THEN when she geeked out about voting and cumulative voting (new term to me) I was like OMG YES YES YES!

"Cumulative voting is a way to increase minority representation by pooling multiple votes across a larger group of candidates and allocating seats based on the pooled votes." (Chapter 6)

I wasn't aware there was the broader voting type of cumulative voting, but am VERY aware of ranked choice voting (Wikipedia link) from my time in the UK. I was involved in student politics and lost a very close election in ranked choice voting by like two votes maybe and it was amazing to see EVERY vote count when the other candidates were slowly eliminated and their second/third/etc. choice votes were actually used and counted! I cannot tell you how gutted I am that Massachusetts didn't pass the ballot initiative (Associated Press) to use it in our state this past election.

I could go on and on and on, but basically read this book, and read everything else Oluo has written. Not only will you learn something, you'll feel like you're having a conversation and not being lectured to (no matter how many of us need the lectures and learning).

Recommendation: Honestly, if you have no intentions of learning or growing don't read this, but if you have even the slightest of open minds then read this. I can't recommend Oluo enough. She tells you what you're going to get in her titles and then she gives you more. The breadth of what she writes about is always astounding and leaves me wanting more. Again in this work, like her last, I could read an entire book written by her about each one of the chapters in this book (now that would be a commitment). I think a lot of people who have reviewed it (and allegedly read it) may have missed Oluo's point completely on this book. She's not arguing that all white men are mediocre, she doesn't even insinuate that. She's reiterating (and highlighting - maybe even belaboring the point for many women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals) that the systems that we all live in inherently support/prioritize/reward the most mediocre of white men because that is how they were built and how they have been maintained. For example, I nearly did a spit take when she wrote this: "Man-made as in caused by dudes. More specifically, white dudes. The socioeconomic exclusion of women and people of color in political decision making, stock trading, and business running means that no matter where you place your blame, there are likely some white men." (Chapter 5), because 1) it was hilarious, but more importantly 2) it was absolutely correct and factually accurate.

*I received a copy of Mediocre from the publisher via NetGalley in return for my honest opinion. No goods or money were exchanged.

Opening Line: "I was at an idyllic women's writing retreat."

Closing Line: "We have to have more than just the desire to fight; we have to have the bravery to look at ourselves and see our complicity in the violence of white male supremacy. We have to not only believe that we deserve better; we have to have faith that we can do better. And we have to start now." (Not whited out as this is a work of nonfiction.)

Before learning about “Mediocre”, I previously read and enjoyed “So You Want to Talk About Race”. When I realized that Mediocre was written by Ijeoma Oluo, I was eager to get a copy of “Mediocre”. 

Right from the start, Oluo lays out a clear thesis and spends the following chapters backing it up. It’s safe to say that I didn’t expect to open the book and start learning about the mediocrity of “Buffalo Bill” but it was a perfect start to the book and helped highlight the common theme and set the stage for future chapters.

While it’s a frustrating dive into our society and the immense privilege afforded to even the most mediocre of white men, it was an excellent read and one I’ve already recommended to several friends.

I liked everything about this book, but especially the style in which Oluo revisits history. It should be required reading for everyone, as she interrogates white supremacy and male- oriented feminism in a way that feels like a call to action.

When a book calls out privilege, especially male privilege, there are going to be some upset people. But this book is needed, especially with the climate of today. The author does an amazing job with the book and it is so needed in this day and age. The sad part is that those that really need to read and understand won't . It will be a real eye opener, some of it even for those of us that already understand the topic. Phenomenal job with this book.

I received a copy of the book via NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.

Another tough but essential read, and an important one. I was compelled to feature this title in the big annual Holiday Gift Books Guide (in print in the weekend edition Books section on November 28, 2020) in The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper.

"History is very kind to the memory of mediocre white men."

Ijeoma Oluo's Mediocre is a history of how the United States has upheld white male power, the systems they created, and how this has impacted society and given us the systemic issues we all continue to face today. 

Oluo sets a tone from the start of the book, when she gracefully, effortlessly shows how simple it is to be trans-inclusive:

"Men without uteruses should not control our reproductive choices."

"When I talk about mediocrity, I talk about success that is measured only by how much better white men are faring than people who aren’t white men."

It was nice to see that allyship so clearly, right off the bat. I felt like I could relax, that whenever she needed to use the general words "women" and "men," I could safely assume a meaning far more nuanced than a gender binary or the cis gaze. That held true throughout the book, with a few exceptions where the word "cis" really should have been added (such as when she stated that "every flavor of white man" has "at least a few representatives in their government").

There were so many quotable moments in Mediocre, I was constantly highlighting. Oluo didn't let anyone off the hook where criticism was fair and necessary; even some well-loved Democrats were rightfully taken off their pedestals. (I did notice her use of "on the left" and "left-leaning" seemed to be referring to liberals, not leftists, so that took some getting used to.) I learned a lot about how certain power structures came to be—whether in education, literature, politics, the workplace, or sports—and how they all tie back to racism. I also learned about some of the less obvious places where racist power structures still reside. Oluo shows us that continuing to reward mediocrity by upholding white male entitlement and supremacy is harmful not only to marginalized people, but to a healthy society overall.

They say that before you fix a problem, you have to acknowledge that you have one. In Mediocre, Ijeoma Oluo names, describes, and illustrates the problem that is white male supremacy.

The book covers areas in which mediocre white men (and the systems built in their favor) make things generally worse including social justice movements and politics, academic institutions, the workplace, sports, and more.

The analysis spans centuries and includes statistics and direct quotes. Often, Oulo tells stories of how one specific mediocre white man leveraged his privilege to the detriment of the not-white-men around him or how specific women or Black men have attempted to stand in their power within those systems. Other times, Oluo talks about how she has related to systems or symptoms of white male supremacy. (For example, I found her reflections on being tired of defending colleges, or her reactions to reading news stories poignant.)

Whether Oluo is telling other’s stories or her own, she is a consistently engaging narrator. I listened to the audiobook of her previous book, “So You Want to Talk About Race,” which she literally narrates; as I read Mediocre, I could hear Oluo's voice and intonations. I enjoyed Mediocre as an ebook and think it would be great as an audiobook, as well!

If you’re already feeling pissed off by the white male patriarchy, there will likely be times that you feel relieved to have such an astute observer as Oluo putting words to your observations and informing you on topics that you know less about. There will be times when you text an excerpt to friends because they simply MUST read what you just read.

On the other hand, there will probably also be times when you feel anything from anxious to furious. It’s exhausting to bear witness to all of the harm that white men and their shitty systems have wrought. And even if we’re making progress, we have so much further to go.

Oluo is an incredible writer with a voice that carries you along. This is so necessary. We would all be better for reading this and then examining our own lives for the ways this presents in ourselves.

Mediocre includes chapters on a wide variety of topics, including the American West, Bernie bros, football, and higher education, all of which at their core examine the ways in which white male supremacy functions and manifests itself in our society.

This book is incredible. It's well-researched and scholarly and SO smart, and yet the writing is not stiff or overly intellectual. I learned so much. A lot of the ideas that Oluo dissects here are things that I have been vaguely aware of in the past but haven't had the language to really articulate and talk about until now. She takes seemingly unrelated subjects and moments in history and weaves them together into a very clear picture of the power of white men, how it has taken shape and how it has affected our country over the several hundred years of its existence.

"When I talk about mediocrity, I am talking about how aggression equals leadership and arrogance equals strength—even if those white male traits harm the men themselves and the kingdom they hope to rule."

"I aim to draw a portrait of what white male mediocrity in the United States looks like and how it attempts to perpetuate itself—in our education system, our sports teams, our businesses, and our politics. I want to show the ways in which we have been trapped in cycles of self-harm that have cost countless lives and have held us back economically and socially. With a clear view of our past, we may then consider trying something new for our future."

This is such a timely, informational, and important book. I can't recommend it enough.

When I heard Ijeoma Oluo had written another book, there was no question in my mind that I would run, not walk, to NetGalley to request it. Publisher Seal Press made it happen! Medicore: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America is a formidable follow-up to So You Want to Talk About Race. In her first book, Oluo outlines all the ways that white people can move past ignorance and fragility to have authentic dialogue about race and racism. In this book, Oluo explains how white supremacy (particularly in the United States) creates a culture of mediocrity in which white men receive the message that they deserve greatness, even if they haven’t actually done all that much. I’m sure many people will dismiss this book as an attack on white people. But if you go into it with an open mind, the history that Oluo outlines demonstrates incontrovertibly the hostility that the United States has shown and continues to show Black people and people of colour.

At first, I wasn’t sure what Oluo was doing. But soon the picture emerged: each chapter began with the white supremacy of the past, from which Oluo draws a line into th white supremacy of the present. This is a history lesson, one that establishes how today’s racism exists atop a foundation of racism from centuries prior. In this way, Oluo demolishes the myth so often sold by white men to each other—the idea that it is possible to make American great again. America has not been great, especially for Black people and people of colour. The United States has always privileged the feelings of white people over the lives of non-white people.

Now, I am in Canadian, so I am slightly outside the target audience for this book. Canada has its own dangerous legacy of colonialism and racism and is also a white supremacist state. I’ll have to seek out pertinent books about anti-Black racism here. Nevertheless, I think non-Americans would benefit greatly from reading this book. First, it will help us understand what the hell is going on in America. A little history lesson goes a long way. Second, although the details are different here, the story arc is the same: white people show up, steal the land, import cheap labour by people of colour, and then marginalize and oppress them when they’ve gone from useful to inconvenient. Oluo’s chapters are illuminating regardless of where you live.

Take her chapter on education, for example. I like how she explains the paradox of post-secondary education for people of colour. Right-wing pundits sometimes insist that post-secondary institutions are bastions of socialism and political correctness gone wrong. In fact, post-secondary institutions are still racist, sexist, classist, etc. Oluo points out, therefore, that attending college or university is simultaneously the best path people of colour have for attaining middle-class stability and one of the worst places to be, in terms of facing discrimination. This paradox is but one of many in American society—and I’m sure it is much the same here in Canada too.

For my fellow white people, this book asks us to examine how we are complicit in white supremacy and patriarchy. And those of us who aren’t men are still complicit. Oluo’s entire thesis is that we cannot allow the conversation to be distilled down to “some white guys are terrible.” Her whole point is that this is not about individuals; this is about systems. So you do not have to be a white man to participate in upholding a system that privileges white men. Additionally, Oluo points out that the system really wants to help rich white men—the system by design punishes poor white men too. This, in turn, motivates them to uphold white supremacy by encouraging them to feel superior to people of colour.

I’ve said this before, and I will say it again: if you want to consider yourself anti-racist, you need to do that work. And that means you need to do more than read books. But Mediocre is a great starting point in your quest for information. What matters going forward is what you do with the information, how you throw around your metaphorical weight to help dismantle the system Oluo exposes here.

I would like to quote at length from this book, but if I did that, this review would contain almost the entire book. Oluo’s writing is just that dense with meaning. This is a book that can be savoured as you explore each chapter, and it is rich with connections and ideas. Mediocre invites you, as I said, to truly consider white supremacy as a four-dimensional system—and when you can see the shape of a thing, through time as well as space, you have a better chance of understanding how to manipulate—or in this case, dismantle it.

Over the course of U.S. history, white men have done whatever it takes to keep themselves in power, at the expense of everyone, including themselves. In this masterful exploration of white male history, Ijeoma Oluo looks at how the racist and sexist patriarchy has been maintained, as well as how it's held our society back in areas like education, business, politics, sports, and so much more.

Oluo is an absolutely brilliant writer, and her skills really shine when it comes to tackling topics that seem too big and amorphous to really take on. MEDIOCRE has some Rachel Maddow vibes--where it starts with something that feels off-topic and random, but suddenly you realize it's the perfect entry point to make a massively complicated issue make sense. Like, who knew Buffalo Bill could tell us so much about the history of white male supremacy? Oluo is certainly going to get a lot of shit for writing this book, but I'm so glad she did it anyway. These are crucial conversations, written in a very digestible and productive way.

Satisfying, provocative & intense read. Ijeoma Oluo provides deep analysis and specific stories from history detailing out the consequences of white supremacy on society. Not an easy read, but essential reading for these times!

Thank you Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, and Netgalley for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. #Mediocre #NetGalley

Mediocre was my most anticipated read of the year, and it still blew me far and away.

Since I read my first book by Ijeoma Oluo back in August, I keep finding myself referring time and again back to it: So You Want to Talk About Race. This is because I am consistently floored by its uncomplicated prose—language that is direct and informative without ever being unkind.

Oluo brings this same pithy clarity—these gem-bright insights, steeped in history and culture and social justice—to Mediocre. This book is an incredibly timely examination of white male mediocrity. It is a call to action, an underscore beneath events throughout history that have seen the oppression of marginalized peoples by mediocre white men.

It is undoubtedly a seminal social justice text that I urge everyone to read.

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TL;DR REVIEW:

Mediocre is an incredible work of nonfiction, a revelation on the history of white male supremacy. It’s in the top five best antiracist books I’ve read so far.

For you if: You’re interested in learning more about how the white patriarchy holds its power, now and throughout history.

FULL REVIEW:

“White men lead our ineffective government with almost guaranteed reelection. They lead our corrupt and violent criminal justice system with little risk of facing justice themselves. And they run our increasingly polarized and misinforming media, winning awards for perpetrating the idea that things run best when white men are in charge. This is not a stroke of white male luck; this is how our white male supremacist systems have been designed to work.”


First and foremost, thank you so much to Seal Press for granting me an advanced review copy of this book on NetGalley.

Because books are the primary medium through which I like to learn about the world, I’ve sought out quite a few (especially this year) on antiracism. Mediocre is in the top five — maybe even the top three. It’s a must-read.

If you read Ijeoma Oluo’s first book, So You Want to Talk About Race, you know she can write a book that’s so much more than the sum of its parts — so much more than what you expect. Mediocre is no different. Just like SYWTTAR went way beyond a conversation guide, Mediocre goes way beyond highlighting white men’s mediocrity. It’s a deep dive into the intentional systems that white men have put into place, throughout history and today, to maintain their position on the social hierarchy despite their continued mediocrity.

This approach — clarifying history and unearthing the details that don’t get taught — has opened my eyes to how systems of power work more than any other approach. It’s been a catalyst in helping me begin to better understand the world and my place in it. This was true for Stamped From the Beginning and White Tears/Brown Scars, and it’s true for Mediocre.

Throughout, Ijeoma Oluo takes no shit. There’s an entire chapter on football and how white men have gone from physical dominance over Black men to controlling the physical dominance of Black men — which was an excellent chapter, by the way, that really made me think — called “Go Fucking Play.” Between research and truth bombs, she masterfully inserts moments of outrage and connection with her readers. And so while you read, you can just tell that this book was written by someone who cares so damn much about the topic, and the world, and justice, and even you.

This book hooked my attention, and it taught me a lot. I read it in one day. I couldn’t look away, couldn’t get enough of the information provided. Read it, read it, read it.


TRIGGER WARNINGS:
Suicidal thoughts (briefly alluded to); Depictions of racism; Violent threats against women