Protecting Whiteness : Whitelash and the Rejection of Racial Equality / edited by Cameron D. Lippard [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lippard, Cameron D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race discrimination--United States.

Race discrimination.

Racism--Philosophy.

Racism.

Racism--United States--History.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 275 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020]

Summary:

"White resistance to racial equality is nothing new-yet its expression can change over time. Examining emerging manifestations can shed light on the larger forces that underpin racial inequalities. In this volume, leading scholars of race and whiteness assess contemporary shifts in white attitudes about racial justice and racial ideology, illustrating these dynamics with case studies at the personal, ideological, and institutional levels. Clashes such as the standoff with law enforcement at Cliven Bundy's ranch and white nationalist videos on YouTube vividly illustrate the vitality of contemporary racism. Examinations of more easily overlooked, yet also consequential arenas-art museums that enforce their boundaries as elite white spaces, conservative "right on crime" policies that mean new ways of surveillance and punishment for people of color, and settler colonialism in the work of liberal environmental advocacy groups-also give insight into the novel mechanisms and specific ideologies within institutions that reproduce racial inequality. Collectively, this empirically-rich collection helps explicate the racialized fear of change (whether grounded in reality or the imagination) that reinforces the pillars of white supremacy. Contributors also explore, with a critical eye, social movements for racial equality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Introduction: The Resurgence of Whitelash: White Supremacy, Resistance, and the Racialized Social System in Trumptopia

PART I. THE IDEOLOGICAL REINFORCEMENT OF WHITE SUPREMACY

1. Post–Color Blindness? Trump and the Rise of the New White Nationalism

2. The Unblackening: “White” License and the “Nice Racism” Trope

3. Political Correctness: A Genuine Concern for Discussion or Slippery Language Rooted in Racial Animosity

4. Diversity Regimes: How University Diversity Initiatives Shape White Race Consciousness

PART II. THE REENTRENCHMENT OF WHITE SUPERIORITY IN AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS

5. Institutional Racism Revisited: How Institutions Perpetuate and Promote Racism through Color Blindness

6. Prison in the Street: What Market-Based Bipartisan Reform Means for Racial Stratification

7. Settler Culture and White Property: From the Bundy Ranch Standoff to the West Virginia Coalfields

8. Local Immigration Enforcement: Shaping and Maintaining Policies through White Saviors and Economic Motivations

9. Recruiting White “Victims”: White Supremacist Flyers on College Campuses

10. The Whitening of South Asian Women

11. Colorful Art, White Spaces: How an Art Museum Maintains White Spaces

PART III. WHITE EMOTIONS, EXPRESSIONS, AND MOVEMENTS

12. White Noise: How White Nationalist Content Creators Reproduce Narratives of White Power and Victimhood on YouTube

13. Blue Lives Matter: Police Protection or Countermovement

14. Echoing Derrick A. Bell: Black Women’s Resistance to White Supremacy in the Age of Trump

15. Solidarity and Struggle: White Antiracist Activism in the Time of Trump

Conclusions: Where Do We Go from Here? Structural and Social Implications of Whitelash

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295748009

0295748001

OCLC:

1150788649