Habits of Whiteness: A Pragmatist Reconstruction

by Terrance MacMullan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253220718
• ISBN13: 9780253220714
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"