White Privilege, Second Edition: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism

White Privilege, Second Edition, the revision to the ground-breaking anthology from Paula Rothenberg, continues her efforts from the first edition. Two new essays contribute to the discussion of the nature and history of white power. The concluding section again challenges readers to explore ideas for using the power and the concept of white privilege to help combat racism in their own lives.

Brief, inexpensive, and easily integrated with other texts, this interdisciplinary collection of commonsense, non-rhetorical readings lets educators incorporate discussions of whiteness and white privilege into a variety of disciplines, including sociology, English composition, psychology, social work, women's studies, political science, and American studies.

    Introduction

    1. The Matter of Whiteness, Richard Dyer

    2. Failing to See, Harlan Dalton

    3. Representations of Whiteness in the Black Imagination, bell hooks

    Questions for Thinking, Writing, and Discussion.

  Part Two  Whiteness: The Power of The Past

  *1. Sociohistorical Foundations of Whiteness, Philip C. Wander, Judith N. Martin, and Thomas K Nakayama

    2. How White People Became White, James E. Barrett and David Roediger

    3. How Jews became White Folks, Karen Brodkin

    4. Becoming Hispanic: Mexican Americans and Whiteness, Neil Foley

    5. The Possessive Investment in Whiteness, George Lipsitz

    Questions for Thinking, Writing, and Discussion

  Part Three  Whiteness: The Power of Privilege

    1. Making Systems of Privilege Visible, Stephanie M. Wildman with Adrienne Davis

    *2. Privilege as Paradox, Allan G. Johnson

    3. White Privilege; Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh

    4. White Privilege Shapes the U.S., Robert Jensen 

    5. Membership Has its Privileges: Thoughts on Acknowledging and Challenging Whiteness, Tim Wise

    Questions for Thinking, Writing, and Discussion

  Part Four   Whiteness: The Power of Resistance

    1. Breaking the Silence, Beverly Tatum

    2. Confronting One's Own Racism, Joe Feagin and Hernan Vera

    3. How White People Can Serve as Allies to People of Color in the Struggle to End Racism, Paul Kivel

    Questions for Thinking, Writing, and Discussion

    Suggestions for Further Reading

    Index