The Peculiar Psychology Of #MediocreWhiteMen – Matt Wallaert

09 April 2020

In a tweet that spawned a million tote bags, Sarah Hagi said “God give me the confidence of a mediocre white dude”. And I love the meme in that special way I love anything that is both funny and scientifically valid. A plethora of studies about the confidence gap between white men and both women and people of color, coupled with the brain’s tendency to inappropriately perceive confidence as a proxy for competence, explains a world full of mediocre white dudes with disproportionate power.

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