Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk About Race and How to Do It

by Shelly Tochluk

Book Overview

Witnessing Whiteness invites readers to consider what it means to be white, describes and critiques strategies used to avoid race issues, and identifies the detrimental effect of avoiding race on cross-race collaborations. The author illustrates how racial discomfort leads white people toward poor relationships with people of color. Questioning the implications our history has for personal lives and social institutions, the book considers political,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607092573
• ISBN13: 9781607092575
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: R & L Education
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.2"