Co-whites : how and why white women "betrayed" the struggle for racial equality in the United States / Emeka Aniagolu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aniagolu, Emeka.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Women, White--United States--Attitudes.

Women, White.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aniagolu examines the dynamics of race and gender in the history of the United States, concluding that white American women collaborated with white American men as 'Co-Whites' or co-partners in the management and maintenance of white supremacy in the United States.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgment; Foreword; Introduction; 1: A Brief Literature Review; 2: Women in Western & Non-Western Societies; 3: Women in Post-Civil War United States- Reconstruction through Jim Crow; 4: White Women & African American Women: Friends or Foes?; 5: White Women/African American Women & the Two Wars; 6: White Women & the Civil Rights Movement; 7: White Women & Affirmative Action; 8: Affirmative Action & the Myth of ""Reverse Discrimination""; 9: White Men & the Feminist/Women's Liberation Movement

10: White Women & Racism in the United States11: White Women & the Socialization of White Children; 12: White Women & the Socialization of African American Children; 13: The End of White Supremacy; Epilogue; End Notes; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-331) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

0-7618-8523-4

9786613912381

1-283-59993-7

0-7618-5342-1

OCLC:

855502234