From Washington D.C. to Olympia, Washington, white nationalist groups such as the Proud Boys have been protesting, often violently, the election of Joe Biden as president. New York Times best-selling author Ijeoma Oluo says their actions have long been a part of America’s white male culture. In her new book Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America, Oluo writes that “white manhood is on a suicide mission.” Oluo says “it is our job to pull these men and this country they are so willing to take with them, back from the precipice” We talk with Oluo about the history of white male dominance in America along with why and how it must change in this episode of Life on the Margins
0:00 - Episode Introduction
1:10 - Conversation with Ijeoma Oluo
31:20 - Conclusion
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Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based writer, speaker, and Internet Yeller. She’s the author of the New York Times Best-Seller So You Want to Talk about Race, published in January by Seal Press. Named one of the The Root’s 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2017, one of the Most Influential People in Seattle by Seattle Magazine, one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Seattle by Seattle Met, and winner of the of the 2018 Feminist Humanist Award by the American Humanist Society, Oluo’s work focuses primarily on issues of race and identity, feminism, social and mental health, social justice, the arts, and personal essay. Her writing has been featured in The Washington Post, NBC News, Elle Magazine, TIME, The Stranger, and the Guardian, among other outlets.
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