White race discourse : preserving racial privilege in a post-racial society / John D. Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, John D., 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White people--Race identity--United States.

White people.

Race awareness--United States.

Race awareness.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

White Race Discourse exposes and explains the contradictory nature of the race discourse displayed by sixty-one white college students in the United States. While many scholars have written about the "racetalk" of whites, few have succeeded in bridging both the theoretical and methodological gaps between whiteness scholars and discourse analysts. The book presents evidence that these white Americans are "bureaucrats of whiteness" in that they defend the racial status quo through their discourse. </s

Contents:

Introduction: how does racism continue to exist in U.S. society?

Bureaucrats of whiteness

Rationalizing segregation

Products of the retrogression

Defending white supremacy

Antiracism in progress

Conclusion: toward a new race discourse.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

ISBN:

0-7391-7599-8

OCLC:

852759307