Becoming and Unbecoming White: Owning and Disowning a Racial Identity

Abstract

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