{"product_id":"what-does-it-mean-to-be-white-9781433131103","title":"What Does It Mean to Be White","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat 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 second edition of this seminal text, Robin 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 sp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the First Edition of \u003ci\u003eWhat Does It Mean to Be White?\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e «Rarely will one find an analysis of whiteness (and the problems associated with it) that is as comprehensive as this one. From incisive and wide-ranging critiques of how white folks deflect, deny, and evade the topic of racism, and the implications of our own racial identity and position, to an absolutely on-point interrogation of how racism and whiteness influence white teachers-in-training, and thus, the larger educational process, Robin DiAngelo demonstrates the kind of clarity of thought so needed on this important subject.» (Tim Wise, Author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDear White America: Letter to a New Minority\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: 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.","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039591006551,"sku":"9781433131103","price":30.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433131103.jpg?v=1750944192","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-white-9781433131103","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}