Description
Book SynopsisColleges across the country, and the nation as a whole continue to be divided along racial lines. White Out: Understanding White Privilege and Dominance in the Modern Age is about the role of Whiteness and a defense of White dominance in an increasingly diverse society. Whiteness is socially constructed, just as race is undoubtedly a social construct, documented through various periods in history. This book proposes that White Out is a learned habit that serves to defend White dominance in a multicultural age. White Out is a strategy that covers systems, dispositions, and actions that cannot cover the full indentation or impact. However, the action of blotting, either intentional or unintentional, serves to obscure experiences of people of color in lieu of a competing definition of reality. The authors introduce the White Architecture of the Mind as a metaphor highlighting the mind as a collection of walls, doors, windows, and pathways that influence individuals to react ba
Trade Review
“White people should read this important book. People of color who live near, work alongside, or otherwise interact with White persons will find much in this text that affirms their routine racialized experiences. Collins and Jun make smart sense of White dominance and help readers reimagine bold ways to disrupt it.” «Shaun R. Harper, Professor and Executive Director, University of Southern California Race & Equity Center»
“A meditation on race and ethnicity in the twenty-first century. Current. Thoughtful. Reflective. The authors place personal narratives in a larger context of what’s happening, and what’s not in the early decades of the twenty-first century.” «William G. Tierney, Wilbur Kieffer Professor of Higher Education, University Professor & Co-director, Pullias Center for Higher Education, University of Southern California»
Table of Contents
List of Figures – Acknowledgments – Introduction: The White Architecture of the Mind – White Pain: I Hurt Too – Whitefluenza: How Privilege Is an Epidemic with No Known Cure – White 22: White If You Do, White If You Don’t – Whitrogressions – Angry White Men: Making America White Again – Angry White Men: Making America White Again – White Pilgrims at Thanksgiving – Good White Friends – Conclusion: A Way Forward – Definitions – Index.
