White Men on Race: Power, Privilege, and the Shaping of Cultural Consciousness

by Joe R. Feagin, Eileen O'Brien

Based on the revealing and provocative testimony of approximately one hundred powerful, upper-income white men, White Men on Race shows how white men see racial "others," how they see white America, how they view racial conflicts, and what they expect for the future of the country.

Genres: Nonfiction, Race, Sociology

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Joe R. Feagin is a U.S. sociologist and social theorist who has conducted extensive research on racial and gender issues, especially in regard to the United States. He is currently the Ella C. McFadden and Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University. Feagin has taught at the University of Massachusetts (Boston), University of California (Riverside), University of Texas (Austin), University of Florida, and Texas A&M University.

Feagin has done much research work on race and ethnic relations and has served as the scholar in residence at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He has written over 60 books, one of which (Ghetto Revolts) was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He is the 2006 recipient of a Harvard Alumni Association achievement award and was the 1999-2000 president of the American Sociological Association.

Reviews

[Nathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Neatly explodes the myth of a post-racial society by pointing out the all-important distinction between individual racism and institutionalized discrimination. It is the latter, the authors posit, that is still very much ingrained in the systems of interracial relationships. This is not so much polemical as matter-of-fact; the method of interviewing both people in power and those lower on the hierarchy is very revealing. Rather repetitive, though.

[Brittany Galloway · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this was a really good because it broke down each aspect of everyones opinion of how people were treated based off race preference. In which, it gave me a good insight of how things were during segregated times in the south.