Who is white, and why should we care? There was a time when the
immigrants of New York City’s Lower East Side—the Irish, the
Poles, the Italians, the Russian Jews—were not white, but now
“they” are. There was a time when the French-speaking working
classes of Quebec were told to “speak white,” that is, to speak
English. Whiteness is an allegorical category before it is
demographic. 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 “braided
narrative,” animates the work of award-winning author Eula Biss.
Moved by Biss’s fresh and incisive analysis, the editors have
assembled some of the most creative voices in this dialogue, coming
together across the disciplines. 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.
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