The possessive investment in whiteness : how white people profit from identity politics / George Lipsitz.

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Taking a look at white supremacy, this work argues that racism is a matter of interests as well as attitudes, a problem of property as well as pigment. This work shows how whiteness works in respect to Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lipsitz, George
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2006.
Edition:Revised and expanded edition.
Subjects:
Racism > United States.
Prejudices > United States.
Identity politics > United States.
White people > Race identity > United States.
United States > Race relations.
United States > Social policy > 1993-
Prejudices.
Race relations.
Racism.
Social policy.
White people > Race identity.
United States.
Since 1993
Online Access:
Table of contents only (Table of contents) (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xx, 292 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
Taking a look at white supremacy, this work argues that racism is a matter of interests as well as attitudes, a problem of property as well as pigment. This work shows how whiteness works in respect to Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans.
Call Number:E184.A1 L56 2006
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1592134939
1592134947
9781592134946
9781592134939