ABSTRACT

What does it mean to be white? This remains the question at large in the continued effort to examine how white racial identity is constructed and how systems of white privilege operate in everyday life. White Out brings together the original work of leading scholars across the disciplines of sociology, philosophy, history, and anthropology to give readers an important and cutting-edge study of "whiteness".

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PART I: RETHINKING WHITENESS STUDIES

chapter 1|16 pages

Rethinking Whiteness Studies

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PART II: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON WHITENESS

chapter 3|14 pages

White Supremacy as Sociopolitical System: A Philosophical Perspective

ByCHARLES W. MILLS

chapter 5|17 pages

Shades of Whiteness: The Mexican American Experience in Relation to Anglos and Blacks

ByEDWARD MURGUIA, TYRONE FORMAN

chapter 8|13 pages

The Beautiful American: Sincere Fictions of the White Messiah in Hollywood Movies

ByHERNA´N VERA AND ANDREW M. GORDON

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PART III: WHITENESS AND COLOR-BLIND RACISM: EMPIRICAL STUDIES

chapter 9|16 pages

White Fright: Reproducing White Supremacy through Casual Discourse

ByKRISTEN MYERS

chapter 11|14 pages

Some Are More Equal than Others: Lessons on Whiteness from School

ByAMANDA E. LEWIS

chapter 12|15 pages

Good Neighborhoods, Good Schools: Race and the “Good Choices” of White Families

ByHEATHER BETH JOHNSON AND THOMAS M. SHAPIRO

chapter 13|10 pages

White Views of Civil Rights: Color Blindness and Equal Opportunity

ByNANCY DITOMASO, ROCHELLE PARKS-YANCY, AND CORINNE POST

chapter 15|16 pages

Blinded by Whiteness: The Development of White College Students’ Racial Awareness

ByMARK A. CHESLER, MELISSA PEET, TODD SEVIG

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PART IV: WHITENESS AND ANTIRACISM

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PART V: CONCLUSION

chapter 18|14 pages

“New Racism,” Color-Blind Racism, and the Future of Whiteness in America

ByEDUARDO BONILLA-SILVA