Karyn D McKinney

Being White

Stories of Race and Racism

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Produktbeschreibung

"Being White" is a must-read for instructors and researchers striving to better understand the attitudes whites have about racial identity, and for all people with an interest in encouraging white students to recognize privilege and existent racism. Karyn McKinney uses written autobiographies solicited from young white people to empirically analyze the contours of the white experience in U.S. society. This text offers a unique view of whiteness based on the rich data provided by whites themselves, writing about what it means to be white.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780415935739
• ISBN-10: 0415935733
• Artikelnr.: 21417076

Autorenporträt

Karyn McKinney is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Penn State University, Altoona College. She is the co-author of The Many Costs of Racism with Joe Feagin, and her work has appeared in Contemporary Sociology,Ethnic and RacialStudies, the Journal of Family Issues and the AmericanJournal of Sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, Joe Feagin Preface: A White Woman From the South1. I Could Tell
My Life Story Without Mentioning My Race: Exploring Everyday Whiteness 2. I
Began to See How Important Race Could Be: Turning Points in Whiteness 3.
Being Born in the U.S. to White Parents is Almost Boring: Whiteness as a
Meaningless Identity4. I Feel 'Whiteness' When I Hear People Blaming
Whites: Whiteness as Cultural Stigmatization5. I Was the Loser in this Rat
Race: Whiteness as Economic Disadvantage 6. Being White Is Like Being Free:
Whiteness and the Potential for AntiracismAppendix A: Sample Validity
Appendix B: Sample Differences: North/South or Rural/Urban? Appendix C.
Autobiography Guide