White Lies Race and the Myths of Whiteness

Name: White Lies Race and the Myths of Whiteness
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ISBN: 9780374527150

ISBN-10: 0374527156

ISBN-13: 9780374527150

Edition: N/A

Authors: Maurice Berger

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The acclaimed work that debunks our myths and false assumptions about race in America Maurice Berger grew up hypersensitized to race in the charged environment of New York City in the sixties. His father was a Jewish liberal who worshiped Martin Luther King, Jr.; his mother a dark-skinned Sephardic Jew who hated black people. Berger himself was one of the few white kids in his Lower East Side housing project. Berger's unusual experience--and his determination to examine the subject of race for its multiple and intricate meanings--makes White Lies a fresh and startling book. Berger has become a passionate observer of race matters, searching out the subtle and not-so-subtle manifestations…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 4/28/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484