White privilege : essential readings on the other side of racism / [compiled by] Paula S. Rothenberg, William Paterson University of New Jersey ; with contributions from Soniya Munshi, Borough of Manhattan Community College.

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"Vital, eye-opening, and powerful, this unique anthology expertly presents the significance and complexity of whiteness today and illuminates the nature of privilege and power in our society. White Privilege leads students through the ubiquity and corresponding invisibility of whiteness; the histori...

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Other Authors: Rothenberg, Paula S., 1943- (Editor)
Munshi, Soniya (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York : Worth Publishers, [2016]
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
United States > Race relations.
White people > Race identity > United States.
White people > United States > Social conditions.
White people > United States > Psychology.
Racism > United States.
Race relations.
Racism.
White people > Psychology.
White people > Race identity.
White people > Social condition.
United States.
Rasrelationer.
Vita.
Sociala förhållanden.
Rasism.
Förenta staterna.
Physical Description:vii, 232 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Essential readings on the other side of racism.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • part 1. Whiteness: the power of invisibility. The matter of whiteness / Richard Dyer
  • Failing to see / Harlon Dalton
  • The invisible whiteness of being / Derald Wing Sue
  • Representing whiteness in the black imagination / bell hooks
  • Dead black man, just walking / William David Hart
  • Questions for thinking, writing, and discussion for part one
  • part 2. Whiteness: the power of the past. The roots of racial classification / Philip C. Wander, Judith N. Martin, and Thomas K. Nakayama
  • The Chinese exclusion example / Erika Lee
  • How white people became white folks / James E. Barrett and David Roediger
  • How Jews became white folks / Karen Brodkin
  • Becoming Hispanic: Mexican Americans and whiteness / Neil Foley
  • The possessive investment in whiteness / George Lipsitz
  • Global white supremacy / Charles W. Mills
  • Neither black nor white / Angelo N. Ancheta
  • Questions for thinking, writing, and discussion for part two
  • part 3. Whiteness: the power of privilege. Making systems of privilege visible / Stephanie M. Wildman with Adrienne D. Davis
  • Privilege as paradox / Allan G. Johnson
  • White privilege: unpacking the invisible knapsack / Peggy McIntosh
  • White privilege, white supremacy / Robert Jensen
  • Membership has its privileges: thoughts on acknowledging and challenging whiteness / Tim Wise
  • Are Iranians people of color?: Persian, Muslim, and model minority race politics / Alex Shams
  • My class didn't trump my race: using oppression to face privilege / Robin DiAngelo
  • I taught my black kids that their elite upbringing would protect them from discrimination. I was wrong / Lawrence Otis Graham
  • Where do we go after Ferguson? / Michael Eric Dyson
  • Questions for thinking, writing, and discussion for part three
  • part 4. Whiteness: the power of resistance. Breaking the silence / Beverly Tatum
  • Confronting one's own racism / Joe Feagin and Hernan Vera
  • How white people can serve as allies to people of color in the struggle to end racism / Paul Kivel
  • Questions for thinking, writing, and discussion for part four.