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Habits of Whiteness

Habits of Whiteness A Pragmatist Reconstruction - American Philosophy

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Habits of Whiteness offers a new way to talk about race and racism by focusing on racial habits and how to change them. According to Terrance MacMullan, the concept of racial whiteness has undermined attempts to create a truly democratic society in the United States. By getting to the core of the racism that lives on in unrecognized habits, MacMullan argues clearly and charitably for white folk to recognize the distance between their color-blind ideals and their actual behavior. Revitalizing the work of W. E. B. Du Bois and John Dewey, MacMullan shows how it is possible to reconstruct racial habits and close the gap between people. This forthright and persuasive analysis of the impulses of whiteness ultimately reorganizes them into something more compatible with our country's increasingly multicultural heritage.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780253318138
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.800973
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 254
Weight: 567g
Height: 235mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 20mm