ISBN:
1940939496
,
9781940939490
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxvi, 613 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
2LP explorations in diversity
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als What does it mean to be white in America?
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Race awareness
;
Whites Anecdotes Race identity
;
Whites Race identity
;
Race relations
;
Whites ; Race identity
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
;
Race awareness
;
Anecdotes
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
United States Anecdotes Race relations
;
United States
Abstract:
"WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WHITE IN AMERICA? BREAKING THE WHITE CODE OF SILENCE, A COLLECTION OF PERSONAL NARRATIVES, asks just that. The first of its kind, this collection of 82 personal narratives reflects a vibrant range of stories from white Americans who speak frankly and openly about race, not only as it applies to people of color, but as it applies to themselves. The stories cover a wide gamut of American history from contributors around the United States; from reminiscing about segregation and Jim Crow, to today's headlines of police brutality, politics and #BlackLivesMatter. The variety in style and subject matter from people of different class and employment backgrounds have one point in common-they create an absorbing and thought-provoking collection that explores race from a very personal perspective. In the telling, not only do contributors discuss their discomfort in talking about race, they also share big and small moments in their lives that have shaped what it means to be white in America, and how it affects the way they see themselves and others. In answering the question, some may offer viewpoints one may not necessarily agree with, but nevertheless, it is clear that each contributor is committed to answering it as honestly as possible. An invaluable starting point that includes a glossary and a bibliography of suggested reading, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WHITE IN AMERICA? is highly recommended for students, teachers and anyone else interested in seeking a deeper and richer understanding of race in America."--EBSCO
Abstract:
Breaking the code of white silence -- Debby Irving -- What does race have to do with It? -- Sean Conroy -- Give me some skin : how I became white -- Patrik McDade -- A blinding whiteness -- Martha Collins -- White noise -- Jan Priddy -- The nothing -- Harmony Neal -- Locating whiteness -- Lynn Z. Bloom -- Translating whiteness -- Adam Weir -- How to be white : a primer -- Christina Berchini -- White people are crazy -- Sam Tanner -- What it means to be white -- Darci Halstead Garcia -- What does it mean to be white in America? -- Lauren Kinnard -- A cracker's ladder to success -- Sidney Kidd -- The kindness of strangers -- Carole Gozansky Garrison -- What's a white girl to do white privilege from the inside out -- Janie Starr -- The risk of greater privileges -- Abe Lateiner -- Looking for trouble, surely -- Lorraine Saint-Pierre -- "Hey snowflake" -- Genne Rivieccio -- August 1965 -- J. Kates -- I am my white ancestors : self-portraits through time -- Anne Mavor -- Welcome to midnight -- Sara Estes -- We'll always have Walmart -- Marla Cooper -- What does it mean to be white in America : my multi-metamorphoses -- Gil Fagiani -- I am the man : pondering my own privilege -- Kurt Michael Friese -- Are Jews white? -- Rabbi Gil Steinlauf -- Reflections of a white maybe -- Daniel M. Jaffe -- Quietly being white -- Emily A. Klein -- "Aha" moments -- Barbara Beckwith -- The white notebooks -- Meg J. Petersen -- The illuminated cross -- Leah Mueller -- Useless -- Roger Barbee -- Fear of a white rapper -- Larry Montague -- A story about turbulence -- Amy Nocton -- A dispatch from the margins in the middle -- Tereza Topferova Bottman -- Passing as a person of color -- Justine Cozell -- Crossing the color line -- Katherine Fishburn -- Beauty in struggle -- Ariane White -- Unexpectedly white and privileged -- Shireen Day -- "Scared" -- Keith Kohnhorst -- We're all connected -- Linda M. Crate -- Dance -- Susan Sterling -- Swimming with the current -- Gregory Mengel -- Erasures -- Brett Biebel
Abstract:
Whiteness is only "sin-deep" -- Perry Brass -- Bastion -- Betsy Reeder -- Race adrift -- Jason Courtmanche -- Liza Pearl -- Beth Lyon Barnett -- A white mother speaks -- Ann Chandonnet -- New to New Jersey, 1967 -- Barbara Kellam-Scott -- Being white in Atlanta during desegregation -- Bonnie Schell -- Am I racist? -- Ray DiZazzo -- Cop story -- David B. Axelrod -- Being white in America -- Alexander Jones -- What we talk about when we talk about racism -- Culley Holderfield -- Shore to shore -- Carter M. Douglass -- I want to be black, a dispatch from the Southern River -- John Railey -- Train ride -- Ben Johnston -- My white American self -- Beth Kwiatek -- Shades, color, and internal dialogues in white America -- Maria Lisella -- America in black and white -- John Amen -- What it means to be white-bred and not from the upper crust -- June Elizabeth Dunn -- Nothing will show you your own racism like tinder : on being white in America -- Sara Sherr -- "Good" hair -- Deborah Mashibini-Prior -- "A cool baby, and a good one too:" reflections of a white mom -- Julie Parson Nesbitt -- My brother, my nigger -- Kristina Quynn -- I have a confession to make : my struggle with whiteness -- Christopher M. Rzigalinski -- Choosing to see : what's a white person like me doing in a reflective place like this? -- Wendy Zagray Warren -- Legacies and lessons : learning to be white and to divest from whiteness -- Jamie Uit -- What does it mean to be "white" in America? -- Julie Dreyer Wang -- The white privilege question -- Carol Ehrlich -- Just white noise -- Josh Couvares -- Saving myself -- Pam Nath -- The reality of white privilege -- Sam Shain -- White man's burden -- Chivvis Moore -- White-handed compliments -- Elena Murphy -- What does it mean to be white in America? -- Karen Johnson -- Ramblings of a white liberal -- Al Ormsby -- White privilege -- Rebel Sowell -- Just beneath white -- Carol Weliky -- What it's like (for me) to be white in America -- Becky Swanberg -- So tactlessly thwarted -- Elena Harap -- From a white mother to her black daughter -- Amie Heasley -- How I became white -- Benjamin V. Marshall.
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