White privilege : essential readings on the other side of racism / [compiled by] Paula S. Rothenberg.

Other author Rothenberg, Paula S., 1943-
Format Book
Edition3rd ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Worth Publishers, ©2008.
Descriptionix, 182 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
White people--Race identity. --United States.
White people--United States. --Social conditions.
White people--United States. --Psychology.
Racism--United States.
United States--Race relations.

Contents pt. 1. The matter of whiteness / Richard Dyer -- Failing to see / Harlon Dalton -- Representations of whiteness in the Black imagination / bell hooks ; pt. 2. The roots of racial classification / Philip C. Wander, Judith N. Martin, and Thomas K. Nakayama -- How white people became white / 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 -- The constraint of race / Linda Faye Williams -- Global white supremacy / Charles W. Mills ; pt. 3. 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 shapes the U.S. / Robert Jensen -- Membership has its privileges : thoughts on acknowledging and challenging whiteness / Tim Wise -- Crazy sometimes / Leonard Pitts, jr. -- pt. 4. 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007924236
ISBN9781429206600 (pbk.)
ISBN1429206608 (pbk.)