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