Heart of Whiteness Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege

Name: Heart of Whiteness Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege
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ISBN: 9780872864498

ISBN-10: 0872864499

ISBN-13: 9780872864498

Edition: 2005

Authors: Robert Jensen

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In "The Souls of Black Folks, W.E.B. DuBois wrote that the question whites wanted to ask him was: "How does it feel to be a problem?" In "The Heart of Whiteness, Robert Jensen writes that it is time for white people in America to self-consciously reverse the direction of that question and to fully acknowledge that in the racial arena, they are the problem. While some whites would like to think that we have reached "the end of racism" in the United States, and others would like to celebrate diversity but are oblivious to the political, economic, and social consequences of a nation-and their sense of self-founded on a system of white supremacy, Jensen proposes a different approach. He sets…

Book details

List price: $13.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: City Lights Books
Publication date: 9/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 124
Size: 5.30" wide x 7.30" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



Introduction : just a joke


Race words and race stories


Facing the truth : past, present, and future


The emotions of white supremacy : fear, guilt, and anger


Playing the fool


Against diversity, for politics


Conclusion : white people's burden