Off White: Readings on Race, Power, and Society

by Linda Powell and Michelle Fine

Book Overview

With a fascinating new introduction on the proliferation and development of the field of whiteness studies and updated essays throughout, this much-anticipated Second Edition continues to redefine our... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415913020
• ISBN13: 9780415913027
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Whiteness in Question

The exploration of "race" typically dwells on the processes of racism as enacted on minority populations. This book is very different: it examines how whites construct their own identities, and their often unconscious sense of privilege, AS whites. The contributors are educators and psychologists, and for the most part they are sharing compelling details from their research as observers or interviewers. One especially provocative piece listens in as a British family discusses the Royals and possible marriage partners for Prince Charles; another is a series of interviews with white working-class American males on their feelings about Affirmative Action, welfare, etc. A very important book for educators and serious students alike, all the more so as it concludes with an agenda for change in the future.