“I believe that we are all perpetrators and victims of one of the most evil and insidious social constructs in Western history: white male supremacy.” So said Ijeoma Oluo in her latest book "Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America."
I thought about that viewpoint today as I read an op-ed feature in the Dec. 12, 2020, New York Times entitled "These Girls are Being Cut and Married in Droves."
It's about underage girls having their genitals mutilated and being forced into marriage. While the account centers on a region in Northern Kenya and argues that such practices have greatly increased as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the author says similar practices exist elsewhere.
Ms Oluo, a Nigerian-American, was born in Texas and now lives here in Seattle. In 2018, she published a book entitled "So You Want to Talk About Race," which became a best seller.
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