Witnessing Whiteness - The Need to Talk About Race and How to Do It

Informationen zum Autor By Shelly Tochluk Klappentext Witnessing Whiteness invites readers to consider what it means to be white, describes and critiques strategies used to avoid race issues, and identifies the detrimental effect of avoiding race on cross-race collaborations. The author illustrates how racial discomfort leads white people toward poor relationships with people of color. Questioning the implications our history has for personal lives and social institutions, the book considers political, economic, socio-cultural, and legal histories that shaped the meanings associated with whiteness. For book discussion groups and workshop plans, please visit www.witnessingwhiteness.com. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I: Dis-Ease in the White Community Chapter 3 Naming the Problem Chapter 4 Facing the Dis-Ease Chapter 5 Uncovering a Hidden History Part 6 Part II: The Journey into Witnessing Chapter 7 Fellow Travelers: Engaging the Journey Chapter 8 Clearing the Way: Whiteness in Sight Chapter 9 Blindness at the Crossroads: Leaps of Faith Chapter 10 Interior Shadows: Lingering Racism Part 11 Part III: The Work of Witnessing Whiteness Chapter 12 How Do We Witness? Chapter 13 How Can We Create a Witnessing Culture?

Product details

• Authors: Shelly Tochluk
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.01.2010
• EAN: 9781607092575
• ISBN: 978-1-60709-257-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work