How the color line bends : the geography of white prejudice in modern America / Nina M. Yancy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yancy, Nina, 1991- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--Louisiana--East Baton Rouge Parish--Case studies.

Racism.

Municipal incorporation--Louisiana--East Baton Rouge Parish--Case studies.

Municipal incorporation.

East Baton Rouge Parish (La.)--Race relations--Case studies.

East Baton Rouge Parish (La.).

East Baton Rouge Parish (La.)--Politics and government.

Baton Rouge (La.)--Race relations--History--21st century.

Baton Rouge (La.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

What is the relationship between where White Americans live and their attitudes about race? In How the Color Line Bends, Nina M. Yancy shows that what White people think depends on where they live--but not, as conventional wisdom might suggest, because they are more likely to feel "threatened" in places where race is salient. Rejecting this tendency to tacitly position White Americans as victims, this book focuses on power, agency, and positionality in the study of prejudice and place. Yancy looks at the White perspective through a number of racialized issues, including education, affirmative action, and welfare spending in cities across the United States, as well as a vivid case study of Baton Rouge.

Contents:

Prejudice and place

The case of St. George and the outsider within

The white perspective in a divided city

The geography of white opposition to welfare

Affirmative action and the threat of the black middle class

Visibility and responsibility.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-759946-X

0-19-759944-3

0-19-759945-1