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Subject(s)

• White people—Race identity [Browse]
• Race relations [Browse]
• Racism [Browse]

Series

• Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 497. [More in this series]
• Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education, 1058-1634 ; vol. 497

Summary note

What does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless, yet is deeply divided by race? In the face of pervasive racial inequality and segregation, most white people cannot answer that question. In the 2nd edition of this seminal text, Dr. DiAngelo reveals the factors that make this question so difficult: mis-education about what racism is; ideologies such as individualism and colorblindness; segregation; and the belief that to be complicit in racism is to be an immoral person. These factors contribute to what she terms white racial illiteracy. Speaking as a white person to other white people, DiAngelo clearly and compellingly takes readers through an analysis of white socialization. Weaving research, analysis, stories, images, and familiar examples, she provides the framework needed to develop white racial literacy. She describes how race shapes the lives of white people, explains what makes racism so hard to see, identifies common white racial patterns, and speaks back to popular narratives that work to deny racism. Written as an accessible overview on white identity from an anti-racist framework, What Does It Mean to Be White? is an invaluable resource for members of diversity and anti-racism programs and study groups, and students of sociology, psychology, education, and other disciplines. --Amazon.com.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-351) and index.

Contents

• Race in education
• Unique challenges of race education
• Socialization
• Defining terms
• The cycle of oppression
• What is race?
• What is racism?
• "New" racism
• How race shapes the lives of white people
• What makes racism so hard for whites to see?
• Intersecting identities: an example of class
• Common patterns of well-meaning white people
• White fragility
• Popular white narratives that deny racism
• Stop telling that story! Danger discourse and the white racial frame
• A note on white silence
• Racism and specific racial groups
• Antiracist education and the road ahead.

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ISBN

• 9781433131103 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
• 1433131102 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2016005919

OCLC

945434164

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