Whiteness and Morality: Pursuing Racial Justice Through Reparations and Sovereignty

by Jennifer Harvey and Jennifer Harvey

Book Overview

What does it mean to "be white"? Harvey asks this question in order to consider how white U.S. Americans can fully participate in racial justice-making. Exploring native, African, and white relationsat two moments of U.S. history, she illustrates how "white" identities are embodiments of deeply problematic moral realities. She argues that movements for reparations for people of African descent and sovereignty for native peoples attempt to redress...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137263679
• ISBN13: 9781137263674
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"