Ijeoma Oluo on laughing and crying while reading By Amy Sutherland Globe Correspondent,Updated March 4, 2021, 2:28 p.m. Email to a Friend Ijeomo Oluo, a Nigerian-American writer, is the author of "So You Want to Talk About Race." In her newest book, âMediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America,â Ijeoma Oluo recounts and examines how the idea that white men deserve power is perpetuated and its effects on everyone. The Seattle native is also the author of the best-selling âSo You Want to Talk About Race.â She joins the Lowell Humanities Series for a virtual talk at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24 via