The possessive investment in whiteness
Subtitle: how white people profit from identity politics
By: George Lipsitz.
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Racism -- United States.; Prejudices -- United States.; Whites -- Race identity -- United States.; United States -- Race relations.; United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
Description: Taking a look at white supremacy, this work argues that racism is a matter of interests as well as attitudes, a problem of property as well as pigment. This work shows how whiteness works in respect to Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.