Acting White: The Ironic Legacy of Desegregation

By Stuart Buck and Stuart Buck

Book Overview

Commentators from Bill Crosby to Barack Obama have observed the phenomenon of black schoolchildren accusing studious classmates of "acting white". How did this contentious phrase, with roots in Jim... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300123914
• ISBN13: 9780300123913
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"