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White Folks explores the experiences and stories of eight white people from a small farming community in northern Wisconsin. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Delores, Frank, William, Erin, Robert, Libby, and Stan, as well as on his own experiences growing up in this same rural community, Lensmire creates a portrait of white people that highlights the profound ambivalence that has characterized white thinking and feeling in relation to people of color for at least the last two hundred years. White people's relations to people of color and their cultures are characterized not just by fear, rejection, and violence, but also by attraction, envy, and desire. There is nothing smooth about the souls of white folks.

This second edition of White Folks features a new forewordby renowned critical whiteness studies scholar David Roedigerthat places the book in historical and political context. It also includes an expanded discussion by Lensmire on doing resea

White Folks

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    A Paperback by Timothy J. Lensmire

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Published 1 October 2024
      ISBN-13 9781032613529
      978-1032613529
      ISBN-10 1032613521
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      Ethnic studies / Ethnicity

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      Book Synopsis

      White Folks explores the experiences and stories of eight white people from a small farming community in northern Wisconsin. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Delores, Frank, William, Erin, Robert, Libby, and Stan, as well as on his own experiences growing up in this same rural community, Lensmire creates a portrait of white people that highlights the profound ambivalence that has characterized white thinking and feeling in relation to people of color for at least the last two hundred years. White people's relations to people of color and their cultures are characterized not just by fear, rejection, and violence, but also by attraction, envy, and desire. There is nothing smooth about the souls of white folks.

      This second edition of White Folks features a new forewordby renowned critical whiteness studies scholar David Roedigerthat places the book in historical and political context. It also includes an expanded discussion by Lensmire on doing resea

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