Ep. 141 White Male Mediocrity with Ijeoma Oluo
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Our guest today is the New York Times Bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo. She joins us to discuss her new book Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America. We talk about who Ijeoma writes for, how she practices accountability, and the types of value judgements that have become the bedrock of white supremacy.
The Stacks Book Club selection for December is Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine, we will discuss the book with Darnell Moore on December 30th.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas. Today I am |
| 0:13.9 | beyond thrilled to have Ijoma Aluo on the podcast. She is the New York Times |
| 0:18.6 | best-selling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and she has a brand new book called |
| 0:23.2 | mediocre the dangerous legacy of white male America that's out now that we talk |
| 0:28.1 | about on today's episode. Reminder the Stacks Book Club book for December is |
| 0:32.4 | Citizen and American Lyric by Claudia Rankin. |
| 0:35.6 | We will discuss this book on Wednesday, December 30th with Darnell Moore. |
| 0:40.5 | Before we jump into the episode, I just want to say thank you so much to the Stax Pack. |
| 0:44.0 | Those are the folks who show this podcast love over on Patreon. |
| 0:47.6 | They contribute monthly and earn perks like discounts on merch, access to our virtual book club, |
| 0:52.4 | and a lot more. |
| 0:53.6 | I could not make the show without the Stax Pack. |
| 0:56.3 | And if you want to join this community of bookish people, go ahead and head to patreon. |
| 1:00.5 | com slash the Stax. |
| 1:02.3 | This week I'm saying extra special thank you to some of the newest |
| 1:04.9 | members of the Stax Pack, Ellen Bolin, Meredith Maneo, Amy North, Janelle Hubble, Libby Gerds, Alyssa Campbell, Caitlin H, Kayla Lugo, Theresa, and Deanna Walton. |
| 1:19.2 | Thank you all so so much and now it is time for my conversation with the brilliant Ijoma Oluo. |
| 1:30.0 | All right everyone I'm so excited today I have I have Yoma Oluo on the podcast. |
| 1:34.4 | Yoma, welcome to the Stacks. |
| 1:36.8 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:38.0 | We're going to talk about your brand new book, which is mediocre. |
| 1:41.3 | We always sort of start in the same spot which is in about 30 seconds or so can you just |
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