We’re seeing it even in the election and leadership of people like The Squad in congress, you know? And so I think that it’s absolutely being done. We’re seeing it in some school reforms around the country. The “defund the police” effort is a huge part of it, the fight to de-weaponize one of the more violent tools of democracy in this country. So, yeah, I do think that we see bits and pieces of it. Well, first, I wanna be very clear, there have always been activists, right? And even people within the system fighting to try to do this work for a very, very long time. TLC: Do you think we are moving towards a place where this is actively happening as we sit here right now? We can start making better choices in our workplaces, our towns, our churches to start dismantling these systems all over the country. What I’m hoping people see in this book are the reflections and the choices they’re making in their cities and towns.
The system didn’t just land on us all of a sudden, it was built up, and it’s gonna have to be torn down piece by piece. I think it’s gonna be piecemeal and local. And so that’s something that we’re going to have to work extra hard to resist.īut what I’m more likely to see in my lifetime is not that the system’s gone, but seeing pockets where we’ve disengaged from it and are working and building. I think that right now, we are seeing with the changing racial demographics in this country is this mad, really intense effort to entrench these systems, even in non-white spaces.
I’m curious as to whether or not you think our reliance on this design can or will ever be undone. Tyrese L Coleman: A central theme is that America is stuck in a system that is designed to uplift and reinforce white male supremacy, and that in doing so, everyone suffers, including white men.
I spoke with Oluo about exactly that question, the ways in which America can move away from the white male supremacy design, and if it is human nature to align yourself politically with others like yourself. Fresh off the success of So You Want to Talk About Race, through a historical, political, and sometimes personal journey, Oluo attempts to answer one of the most mysterious questions of our time: Why in the hell are white men so mad? Mediocre reveals not only how dangerous it is for women and people of color to be on the receiving end of such entitlement, but how failing to meet the ingrained and deep-seated expectations sowed into the white male psyche for generations has proven to be a tragedy for white men also. Ijeoma Oluo in her new book, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America, takes a deep dive into the motivations, expectations, and the root cause of why so many white men move through our society with extreme confidence and righteous entitlement.
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