num_pages: 200
description: Big Little White Lies forces Whites to do what Black people have always had to examine self-identity from a racial point of view. Since the book is written in first person, Whiteness is interrogated in relation to Blackness. Furthermore, throughout each essay, all non-Black people of color who are not of European descent are referred to as simply White. The book goes on to describe everything from the evolutionary process of contemporary racism, the all-encompassing, yet elusive, concept of Whiteness, Minister Louis Farrakhan, and immigrants' role in racism. Also, racialized definitions of beauty and sexuality are given, as well as how the essence of Black creativity is routinely minstrelized by White culture. In the end, Whites are challenged to face a racial existence that is often tolerated as a racially unacceptable version of reality.
language: English
title: Big Little White Lies
titlecomplete: Big Little White Lies
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Nehmarche Pub