White Privilege

Name: White Privilege
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ISBN: 9781429206600

ISBN-10: 1429206608

ISBN-13: 9781429206600

Edition: 3rd 2008

Authors: Paula S. Rothenberg

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Book details

List price: $32.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Worth Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.35" wide x 8.86" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.594



Preface


About the Author


Introduction



Whiteness: the power of invisibility



The Matter of Whiteness




Failing to See




Representations of Whiteness in the Black Imagination



Questions for Thinking, Writing, and Discussion for Part One



Whiteness: the power of the past



The Roots of Racial Classification




How White People Became White




How Jews Became White Folks




Becoming Hispanic: Mexican Americans and Whiteness




The Possessive Investment in Whiteness




The Constraint of Race




Global White Supremacy



Questions for Thinking, Writing, and Discussion for Part Two



Whiteness: the power of privilege



Making Systems of Privilege Visible




Privilege as Paradox




White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack




White Privilege Shapes the U.S.




Membership Has Its Privileges: Thoughts on Acknowledging and Challenging Whiteness




Crazy Sometimes



Questions for Thinking, Writing, and Discussion for Part Three



Whiteness: the power of resistance



Breaking the Silence




Confronting One's Own Racism




How White People Can Serve as Allies to People of Color in the Struggle to End Racism



Questions for Thinking, Writing, and Discussion for Part Four


Suggestions for Further Reading


Acknowledgments


Index