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Off White: Readings on Race, Power, and Society
by Michelle Fine
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Routledge (1996-11-20)
ISBN: 0415913020
EAN: 9780415913027
Dewy Decimal #: 305.800973
Paperback: 448 pages
Edition: 1
SKU: GD08062701x
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Exactly as shown, Ex Library copy with usual stamps and stickers. Book is bound strong, has little wear and text is clean and unmarked.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Making the claim that "white is a color," Off White brings a much-needed analysis of the white racialization process to the multicultural discussion. The contributors hail from the fields of education and psychology; and their essays acknowledge that white identity, class and sexuality are essential sites for studying racism.The opening section explodes the concept of whiteness by examining how it is embodied and institutionalized in schools and in workplaces. Contributors "out" their institutions in order to reveal how racism is embedded in institutional structures, policies, relationships and identities. Other essays tackle the privileges associated with whiteness; pro-white racism, white, working class men's narratives; and the implications of whiteness in print and media. Off White concludes with a look at the possibilities that lie within multiracial ethnic coalition work.
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Customer Reviews
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Whiteness in Question
Rating  (4)
Date: 2000-04-16
11 out of 13 customers found this reveiw helpful
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.
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