- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 2 edition (21 Dec 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415928141
- ISBN-13: 978-0415928144
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.6 x 2 cm
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"White Racism is a bold and highly recommended text that contains many important insights toward the dismantlement of white racism. - Philadelphia Tribune"
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The continuing reality of racism in the United States is exposed in the revised second edition of "White Racism." Taking issue with those who claim the significance of racism is declining, the authors focus on a series of notorious racial incidents, including the Rodney King beating, revealing this "dirty little secret of American life" as a fundamental social practice embedded in cherished cultural and political institutions.
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On the Martin Luther King holiday, January 17, 2000, some 46,000 protesters, black and non-black, marched in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, protesting the flying of the Confederate battle flag atop the South Carolina state house. Read the first page
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On the Martin Luther King holiday, January 17, 2000, some 46,000 protesters, black and non-black, marched in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, protesting the flying of the Confederate battle flag atop the South Carolina state house. Read the first page
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21 of 31 people found the following review helpful
A compelling look at Racism within the country
31 Jan 2003
Format:Paperback
After reading some of the reviews, and finishing this excellent study, it is apparent that the message of this book did not come across to some. Feagin is not picking on "white" (European Americans) people, he is merely pointing out the inequalities that exist within the United States. This book is thorough in proving the experiences of people of color and of European Americans are extremely different. Feagin found police brutality, for example, occurred increasingly more for people of color than for European Americans. African Americans experience harassment far more than European Americans, and the cases Feagin uses illustrates this fact. Also, the recent debate of affirmative action is also covered well in this book.
"Reverse racism" as many would like to claim Feagin is guilty of, is not real. People of color cannot be racists because racism is linked to power. People of color can be bigots, but since power in this country is held by European Americans, as Feagin points out in many of his chapters, people of color cannot act on their hatred or resentment. Since European Americans are found in government, police forces, Fortune 500 companies, and other vessels of power, "white" interests are protected.
As one can see, this book causes the reader to think. Even though you might not agree with Feagin's conclusions, it causes us to examine a social ill that has been with this country since its founding. I will not only answer questions, but help raise critical questions about ethnic relations in this country.
14 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Right idea. Wrong approach.
2 Oct 2001
Format:Paperback
The authors speak of real problems, but address them ineffectively. By peddling generalizations of the white race, they perpetuate the victim/victimizer dichotomy which divides instead of uniting. Further, the boundary between victim and victimizer is drawn rigidly along racial lines. They fail to recognize that any progress has been made in the decades since the civil war toward a more loving, color blind society. This truly dishonors the memory of those whose blood and tears watered the garden from which African Americans now harvest financial and educational opportunities as well as self worth. A better discussion, in my opinion, can be found in Joel Kovel's book by the same title.
11 of 28 people found the following review helpful
White Racism
11 Feb 2000
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I have read the book White Racism and it is an excellent book. Racism is viewed from a different perspective. This book give the real reasons whites don't like black people and the reasons for the coverup. White's should take a long look at imbedded racism and see all people as one. A part of the human race.
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