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White Privilege

Fifth  Edition©2015  Paula S. Rothenberg

ISBN:9781319046200

ISBN:9781429242202

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Following the historical development of whiteness and its role in race relations over time, White Privilege delves into the real, everyday effects of privilege and its opposite, oppression, along with how our system of privilege can be changed. This robust anthology deftly presents the significance and complexity of whiteness today, while illuminating the nature of privilege and power in our society.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Whiteness: The Power of Invisibility

  1. The Matter of Whiteness- Richard Dyer

  2. Failing to See- Harlon Dalton

  3. NEW: The Invisible Whiteness of Being- Derald Wing Sue

  4. EXPANDED: Representations of Whiteness in the Black Imagination- bell hooks

  5. NEW: Dead Black Man, Just Walking-William David Hart

Questions for Thinking Writing and Discussion for Part One

　

Part 2: Whiteness: The Power of the Past

  1. The Roots of Racial Classification- Philip C. Wander, Judith N. Martin, and Thomas K. Nakayama

  2. NEW: The Chinese Exclusion Example: Race, Immigration, and American Gatekeeping, 1882-1924—Erika Lee

  3. How White People Became White- James E. Barrett and David Roediger

  4. How Jews Became White Folks- Karen Brodkin

  5. Becoming Hispanic: Mexican Americans and Whiteness- Neil Foley

  6. The Possessive Investment in Whiteness- George Lipsitz

  7. Global White Supremacy- Charles W. Mills

  8. NEW: Neither Black nor White- Angelo N. Ancheta

Questions for Thinking Writing and Discussion for Part Two

 

Part 3: Whiteness: The Power of Privilege

  1. Making Systems of Privilege Visible- Stephanie M. Wildman with Adrienne D. Davis

  2. Privilege as Paradox- Allan G. Johnson

  3. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack- Peggy McIntosh

  4. White Privilege/White Supremacy- Robert Jensen

  5. Membership Has Its Privileges: Thoughts on Acknowledging and Challenging Whiteness- Tim Wise

  6. NEW: Are Iranians People of Color? Persians, Muslim and Model Minority Race Politics- Alex Shams

  7. NEW: My Class Didn’t Trump My Race: Using Oppression to Face Privilege-Robin DiAngelo

  8. NEW: I Taught My Black Kids That Their Elite Upbringing Would Protect Them From Discrimination. I Was Wrong—Lawrence Otis Graham

  9. NEW: Where do We Go After Ferguson?- Michael Eric Dyson

Questions for Thinking Writing and Discussion for Part Three

 

Part 4: Whiteness: The Power of Resistance

  1. Breaking the Silence- Beverly Tatum

  2. Confronting One's Own Racism- Joe Feagin and Hernan Vera

  3. UPDATED: How White People Can Serve as Allies to People of Color in the Struggle to End Racism- Paul Kivel

Questions for Thinking Writing and Discussion for Part Four

 

Suggestions for Further Reading

Acknowledgments

Index

Paula S. Rothenberg

Paula S. Rothenberg was a Senior Fellow at The Murphy Institute, City University of New York and Professor at William Patterson University of New Jersey. From 1989 to 2006 she served as Director of The New Jersey Project on Inclusive Scholarship, Curriculum, and Teaching. She was the author of several books including the autobiographical Invisible Privilege: A Memoir about Race, Class, and Gender. With Worth Publishers she has authored four titles--the best-selling Race, Class, and Gender; White Privilege; Beyond Borders; and What's the Problem? Her articles and essays appear in journals and anthologies across the disciplines and have been widely reprinted. Her work was instrumental in the creation of women’s studies and multicultural studies as academic disciplines.