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Preface -- About the author -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Whiteness : the power of invisibility -- 1. The matter of whiteness / Richard Dyer -- 2. Failing to see / Harlon Dalton -- 3. Representations of whiteness in the black imagination / bell hooks -- Questions for thinking, writing, and discussion for part one -- pt. 2. Whiteness : the power of the past -- 1. How white people became white / James R. Barrett and David Roediger -- 2. How Jews became white folks / Karen Brodkin -- 3. Becoming Hispanic : Mexican Americans and whiteness / Neil Foley -- 4. The possessive investment in whiteness / George Lipsitz -- Questions for thinking, writing, and discussion for part two -- pt. 3. Whiteness : the power of privilege -- 1. Making systems of privilege visible / Stephanie M. Wildman with Adrienne D. Davis. 2. White privilege : unpacking the invisible knapsack / Peggy McIntosh -- 3. White privilege shapes the U.S. / Robert Jensen -- 4. Membership has its privileges : thoughts on acknowledging and challenging whiteness / Tim Wise -- Questions for thinking, writing, and discussion for part three -- pt. 4. Whiteness : the power of resistance -- 1. Breaking the silence / Beverly Tatum -- 2. Confronting one's own racism / Joe Feagin and Hernan Vera -- 3. How white people can serve as allies to people of color in the struggle to end racism / Paul Kivel -- Questions for thinking, writing, and discussion for part four -- Suggestions for further reading -- Acknowledgements -- Index. |
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