Protecting Whiteness: Whitelash and the Rejection of Racial Equality

by Cameron D. Lippard (Editor), J. Scott Carter (Editor), David G. Embrick (Editor)

The standoff at Cliven Bundy's ranch, the rise of white identity activists on college campuses, and the viral growth of white nationalist videos on YouTube vividly illustrate the resurgence of white supremacy and overt racism in the United States. White resistance to racial equality can be subtle as well―like art museums that enforce their boundaries as elite white spaces, "right on crime" policies that impose new modes of surveillance and punishment for people of color, and environmental groups whose work reinforces settler colonial norms.

In this incisive volume, twenty-four leading sociologists assess contemporary shifts in white attitudes about racial justice in the US. Using case studies, they investigate the entrenchment of white privilege in institutions, new twists in anti-equality ideologies, and "whitelash" in the actions of social movements. Their examinations of new manifestations of racist aggression help make sense of the larger forces that underpin enduring racial inequalities and how they reinvent themselves for each new generation.

296 pages, Hardcover

Published December 15, 2020

Reviews

[Jaylani Adam]

Excellent book. Unfortunately, the authors did not mention how East Asian women and girls are getting surgery done on their eyelids to look less Asian or to have less slant features. I am not making this up. It has been going on for a while. The tv talkshow The Doctors even did a segment with the women who got it and the doctor who conducted this type of surgery. I am mentioning this because the authors talked about how South Asian women want to look fairer in order to get statuses and positions. Same thing with East Asian women, particularly Chinese women. They think too much slant shaped is not going to get them the statuses and the positions.

Anybody who disagrees with me about what I said, please do correct me. I would be appreciate it.

[Benja]

Foreward + first few chapters = 5 stars, rest = 4 stars. overall helpful collection