{"id":44947,"date":"2016-01-03T15:34:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T15:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=44947"},"modified":"2017-03-01T21:25:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T21:25:41","slug":"i-dont-see-color-personal-and-critical-perspectives-on-white-privilege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=44947","title":{"rendered":"“I Don’t See Color” Personal and Critical Perspectives on White Privilege"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I Don’t See Color” Personal and Critical Perspectives on White Privilege<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Pennsylvania State University Press<\/a>
\n2015
\n280 pages
\n6 x 9
\nHardcover ISBN: 978-0-271-06499-4<\/p>\n

Edited by:<\/p>\n

Bettina Bergo<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor of Philosophy
\nUniversit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Montreal, Canada<\/em><\/p>\n

Tracey Nicholls<\/a><\/strong>, Associate Professor of Philosophy
\nLewis University, Romeoville, Illinois<\/em><\/p>\n

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Who is white, and why should we care? There was a time when the immigrants of New York City\u2019s Lower East Side<\/a>\u2014the Irish, the Poles, the Italians, the Russian Jews\u2014were not white, but now \u201cthey\u201d are. There was a time when the French-speaking working classes of Quebec<\/a> were told to \u201cspeak white,\u201d that is, to speak English. Whiteness is an allegorical category before it is demographic.<\/p>\n

This volume gathers together some of the most influential scholars of privilege and marginalization in philosophy, sociology, economics, psychology, literature, and history to examine the idea of whiteness. Drawing from their diverse racial backgrounds and national origins, these scholars weave their theoretical insights into essays critically informed by personal narrative. This approach, known as \u201cbraided narrative,\u201d animates the work of award-winning author Eula Biss<\/a>. Moved by Biss\u2019s fresh and incisive analysis, the editors have assembled some of the most creative voices in this dialogue, coming together across the disciplines.<\/p>\n

Along with the editors, the contributors are Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Nyla R. Branscombe, Drucilla Cornell, Lewis R. Gordon, Paget Henry, Ernest-Marie Mbonda, Peggy McIntosh, Mark McMorris, Marilyn Nissim-Sabat, Victor Ray, Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, Louise Seamster, Tracie L. Stewart, George Yancy, and Heidi A. Zetzer.<\/p>\n

Table Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n