White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism

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Summary: A good primer on whiteness
Review: In White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Race, Rothenberg has compiled and reduced some very important and complex discussions on whiteness from a variety of social contexts. In White Privilege, whiteness is traced from it's multiple origins and entry points giving a basic understanding on how whiteness developed as a social construct, what whiteness has meant to numerous people, how various Others have become white, and how whiteness is navigated and construed by people of color.

It should be noted that this is a primer - an entry-level text on whiteness. This book is highly recommended for those seeking a deeper understanding of what whiteness is, what it means, and to some degree what it costs. It's a valuable starting point with numerous references and further readings for those who seek a deeper, richer, understanding of whiteness.

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Summary: A Waste of time
Review: The book goes on simply bad mouthing whites with stereotypes and misconceptions about European-Americans. It has no real valid points, save for that the author is a racist.
If you hate white people then you should buy this book, it will go well with your other racist propaganda library.
If you are white and want to read all the negetive misconceptions about whites and then feel self hatred then by all means buy this book.
If you are trying to understand what whiteness truely is and to understand and see the larger picture of whites in the world, then don't buy this book, it will only fill your head with propaganda.
If you want to buy the book you may be able to find it for free at a Wal-Mart bargain bin... aka the dumpster behind the store.

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Summary: He's definitely suffering from White privilege !
Review: This was a fantastic book and anyone who does not think so is proving the very theory put forth in this book. This book is insightful and should be read by every person of color as well as white people. This book will soon be a classic! It will do for white people what Grier and Cobb's "Black Rage" did for black people. Buy this book!!