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White Privilege: Essential Readings On the Other Side of Racism
Studies of racism often focus on its devastating effects on the victims of prejudice. But no discussion of race is complete without exploring the other side--the ways in which some people or groups actually benefit, deliberately or inadvertently, from racial bias. This is the subject of Paula Rothenberg's groundbreaking anthology, White Privilege.
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Paperback, 182 pages
Published
June 1st 2007
by Worth Publishers
(first published 2002)
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everyone should read this book. everyone. it's a collection of writings (from bell hooks, tim wise, karen brodkin, and more) about the illusion and invisibility of whiteness, racism from a personal and systemic perspective, white privilege and fighting racism for white people. it's well organized into four parts and each essay is short and readable. it's a great book.
Interesting set of essays on race, status, and cultural roles. Reveals the the invisible role of whiteness in the race dialogue. Essays generally short and quite readable. Balanced and thoughtful.
A wonderful primer on all things white privilege. Rothenberg has assembled essential writings by major authors to present a comprehensive, engaging read on race, whiteness, and social justice. Excellent and important.
I enjoyed thinking about this book more than I enjoyed reading this book. I have tried very hard to eliminate and not perpetuate the racist ideas or perceptions I was raised with. My hope has always been that each generation will do better. After reading this I think I may need to find a way to step-up my anti-racist ways, because, no matter what I do personally, I am still a part of institutional and societal racism. This saddens and disturbs me, but I know it is true.
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I learned a lot from this book. It was definitely worth the read.
This book is a collection of essays regarding "the other side of racism." It doesn't focus on the disenfranchisement of black communities, but the sense of entitlement that white people everywhere daily take advantage of. This is a lesson on the passive racism of White Americans.
HATED it! This book is a crock of dung! Forced to read it for an education class. What a joke. Then had to write an essay on how I have personally benifited from my skin color. This is propaganda at it's best. This is what we are filling young minds with? REALLY?!
Though I had reservations about parts of this book, I found my eyes opened to Race analysis as I had never thought about it before growing up as a white middle class kid. It changed the way I look at a lot of the world around me.
I have come to terms with the fact that I am white, heterosexual, and that benefit because of it--a must read for anyone who has not come to terms with their own whiteness.
Gea
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Interested in class and race (and history)
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The best book I have read on race in regards to class, standards, opinions, society, history - easy to read because it is divided up in many rather short essays.
Interesting ideas, but textbook read. Overall it was a collection of essays with too many references. It's OK for a required read.
Omni
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everyone, lev because he likes this sort of thing
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Incredibly informative no matter how well versed you are in American race politics.
Good messages and great writers get lost in a morass of poor editing... Alas ...
amazing, everyone on planet earth should read it.
Great collection of articles.
Good primer on whiteness.
Borisska
marked it as to-read
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