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The authors of the narrative chapters represented in this volume have in common that they are dedicated to the realization of a critical, multicultural, democratic society. Individually, they are female and male, from diverse ethnicities, socio-economic class backgrounds, first language groups, religious and spiritual affiliations, and sexual orientations. They are professors of education, psychology, sociology, and communication as well as community activists. The stories that they share reveal the history of racism in this country over a fifty year period beginning in the late 1930s and continuing into the early 1980s. The stories are most diverse, and share what it was like growing up White during and after Jim Crow segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, and busing and integration. Thus, there is a history here of our country's racism yesterday and today. Inviting students to experience this history may encourage them to further explore its ongoing manifestations.
List of contents
Preface by Henry Giroux
Rearticulating a Racial Identity: Creating Oppositional Spaces to Fight for Equality and Social Justice by Christine Clark and James O'Donnell
Unthinking Whiteness, Rethinking Democracy: Critical Citizenship in Gringolandia by Peter McLaren
Lighting Candles in the Dark: One Black Woman's Response to White Anti-Racist Narratives by Beverly Deniel Tatum
Subverting Racism from Within: Linking White Identity to Activism by Becky Thompson
Transforming Received Categories: Discovering Cross-Border Identities and Other Subversive Activities by David Wellman
The Secret: White Lies are Never Little by Christine Clark
Becoming White: How I Got Over by Arnold Cooper
Seeing Things as They Are by Carolyn O'Grady
The Recollections of a Recovering Racist by James O'Donnell
What Could a White Girl from South Boston Possibly Know about Racism? Reflections of a Social Justice Educator by Mary Gannon
If You're Not Standing in this Line, You're Standing in the Wrong Line by Pritchy Smith
Building Blocks: My Journey toward White Racial Awareness by Patti DeRosa
"Justice, Justice Shalt Thou Do!" by Liz Aaronsohn
White Man Dancing: A Story of Personal Transformation by Gary Howard
Rewriting the Discourse of Racial Identity: Towards a Pedagogy and Politics of Whiteness by Henry A. Giroux
About the author
CHRISTINE CLARK is Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, New Mexico State University.
JAMES O'DONNELL is Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, New Mexico State University.
