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The Future of Whiteness (Hardcover)
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White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living in
the United States will soon share an unprecedented experience of
slipping below 50% of the population. The impending demographic
shifts are already felt in most urban centers and the effect is a
national backlash of hyper-mobilized political, and sometimes
violent, activism with a stated aim that is simultaneously vague
and deadly clear: 'to take our country back.' Meanwhile the spectre
of 'minority status' draws closer, and the material advantages of
being born white are eroding. This is the political and cultural
reality tackled by Linda Martin Alcoff in The Future of Whiteness.
She argues that whiteness is here to stay, at least for a while,
but that half of whites have given up on ideas of white supremacy,
and the shared public, material culture is more integrated than
ever. More and more, whites are becoming aware of how they appear
to non-whites, both at home and abroad, and this is having profound
effects on white identity in North America. The young generation of
whites today, as well as all those who follow, will have never
known a country in which they could take white identity as the
unchallenged default that dominates the political, economic and
cultural leadership. Change is on the horizon, and the most
important battleground is among white people themselves. The Future
of Whiteness makes no predictions but astutely analyzes the present
reaction and evaluates the current signs of turmoil. Beautifully
written and cogently argued, the book looks set to spark debate in
the field and to illuminate an important area of racial politics.
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