Becoming and unbecoming white : owning and disowning a racial identity / edited by Christine Clark and James O'Donnell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Christine, 1962-

O'Donnell, James, 1951-

Series:

Critical studies in education and culture series 1064-8615

Critical studies in education and culture series, 1064-8615

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White people--Race identity--United States.

White people.

White people--Race identity.

United States.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 283 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1999.

Summary:

Describes the racist tendency of Whites to always and forever to center the discussion of virtually any subject on whiteness, and suggests how to get past this worldview.

Contents:

1. Rearticulating a Racial Identity: Creating Oppositional Spaces to Fight for Equality and Social Justice / Christine Clark, James O'Donnell 1

2. Unthinking Whiteness, Rethinking Democracy: Critical Citizenship in Gringolandia / Peter McLaren 10

3. Lighting Candles in the Dark: One Black Woman's Response to White Antiracist Narratives / Beverly Daniel Tatum 56

4. Subverting Racism from Within: Linking White Identity to Activism / Becky Thompson 64

5. Transforming Received Categories: Discovering Cross-Border Identities and Other Subversive Activities / David Wellman 78

6. The Secret: White Lies Are Never Little / Christine Clark 92

7. Becoming White: How I Got Over / Arnold Cooper 111

8. Seeing Things As They Are / Carolyn O'Grady 122

9. The Recollections of a Recovering Racist / James O'Donnell 137

10. What Could a White Girl from South Boston Possibly Know about Racism? Reflections of a Social Justice Educator / Mary M. Gannon 150

11. If You're Not Standing in This Line, You're Standing in the Wrong Line / G. Pritchy Smith 160

12. Building Blocks: My Journey Toward White Racial Awareness / Patti DeRosa 178

13. "Justice, Justice Shalt Thou Do!" / Elizabeth Aaronsohn 196

14. White Man Dancing: A Story of Personal Transformation / Gary R. Howard 212

15. Rewriting the Discourse of Racial Identity: Toward a Pedagogy and Politics of Whiteness / Henry A. Giroux 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-268) and index.

ISBN:

0897896203

0897896211

OCLC:

39368562