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Whites confront racism : antiracists and their paths to action

Title
Whites confront racism : antiracists and their paths to action / Eileen O'Brien.
Author
O'Brien, Eileen, 1972-
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2001.

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Description
xii, 163 pages; 24 cm
Summary
This book asserts the distinctive place that whites can take in the fight for racial justice, bringing together interviews with white antiracist activists from across North America. Avoiding the typical white options of being nonracist or feeling guilty, these whites demonstrate the multitude of ways whites can be proactive in combating modern racism. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Civil rights workers > United States > History > 20th century
  • Civil rights workers > United States > Biography
  • White people > United States > Politics and government > 20th century
  • White people > United States > Biography
  • African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century
  • Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century
  • Racism > United States > History > 20th century
  • Anti-racism > United States > History > 20th century
  • African Americans > Civil rights
  • Anti-racism
  • Civil rights movements
  • Civil rights workers
  • Race relations
  • Racism
  • White people
  • White people > Politics and government
  • Ethnische Beziehungen
  • Bürgerrechtsbewegung
  • Antiracisme
  • Blanken
  • United States > Race relations
  • United States
  • Schwarze
  • USA
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-158) and index.
Contents
The need for alternative models of whiteness -- "I was born on Race Street"--how whites become antiracist -- Framing white antiracisms -- What should I say?--individual antiracist strategies -- Fighting the power--challenging institutional racism -- Sustaining the personal struggles of white antiracism -- The future of antiracisms.
ISBN
  • 0742515818
  • 9780742515819
  • 0742515826
  • 9780742515826
LCCN
2001031794
OCLC
  • ocm46959506
  • 46959506
  • SCSB-1230742
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library