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1	Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions more books like this by Christian Lander add to wishlist "The Preppy Handbook" meets "PostSecret," in this cultural manifesto for a new generation. Lander and his blog stuffwhitepeoplelike.com have already been profiled by NPR and "The Los Angeles Times," adding to the success of the Internet phenomenon. see all copies from $4.90! new only from $7.52! \| SVS
2	Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama more books like this by Tim Wise add to wishlist Race is, and always has been, an explosive issue in the United States. In this timely new book, Tim Wise explores how Barack Obama's emergence as a political force is taking the race debate to new levels. According to Wise, for many white people, Obama's rise signifies the end of racism as a pervasive social force; they point to Obama not only as ... see all copies from $7.92! new only from $7.92! \| SVS
3	The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism, and White Privilege more books like this by Robert Jensen add to wishlist In "The Souls of Black Folks," W.E.B. DuBois wrote that the question whites wanted to ask him was: "How does it feel to be a problem?" In "The Heart of Whiteness," Robert Jensen writes that it is time for white people in America to self-consciously reverse the direction of that question and to fully acknowledge that in the racial arena, they are ... see all copies from $7.35! new only from $7.77! \| SVS
4	Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race more books like this by K Anthony and Amy Gutmann Appiah add to wishlist In America today, the problem of achieving racial justice - whether through "colour-blind" policies or through affirmative action - provokes more noisy name-calling than fruitful deliberation. In "Colour conscious", K. Anthony Appiah and Amy Gutmann, two eminent moral and political philosophers, seek to clear the ground for a discussion of the ... see all copies from $2.17! new only from $14.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Black on White: Black Writers on What It Means to Be White more books like this by David R Roediger add to wishlist An anthology of folktales, slave narratives, fiction, and essays on white people by over 50 black writers such as Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, bell hooks, Amiri Baraka, W. E. B. DuBois, and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.29! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies Hicks and White Trash Becames America's Scapegoats more books like this by Jim Goad add to wishlist A somewhat serious exploration and a somewhat joyous celebration of the white underclass--from within. see all copies from $3.85! new only from $7.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	White Trash more books like this by Annalee Newitz, Matt Wray (Editor) add to wishlist This collection is devoted to exploring stereotypes about the social conditions of poor whites in the United States and comparing these stereotypes with the social reality, unmasking the racial and class assumptions behind the term 'white trash'. see all copies from $5.60! new only from $19.49! \| SVS
8	Two-Faced Racism: Whites in the Backstage and Frontstage more books like this by Leslie Houts Picca, Joe R Feagin add to wishlist "Two-Faced Racism" examines and explains the racial attitudes and behaviors exhibited by whites in private settings. While there are many books that deal with public attitudes, behaviors, and incidences concerning race and racism (frontstage), there are few studies on the attitudes whites display among friends, family, and other whites in private ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $35.01! \| SVS
9	Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon more books like this by Anthony Harkins add to wishlist In this pioneering work of cultural history, historian Anthony Harkins argues that the hillbilly-in his various guises of "briar hopper," "brush ape," "ridge runner," and "white trash"-has been viewed by mainstream Americans simultaneously as a violent degenerate who threatens the modern order and as a keeper of traditional values of family, home ... see all copies from $11.42! new only from $36.33! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections from an Angry White Male more books like this by Tim Wise add to wishlist In this follow-up to "White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son," Wise examines the way in which institutional racism continues to shape the contours of daily life in the United States, and how white Americans reap privileges from the system of racial inequality. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $16.89!
11 view cover	Race Manners for the 21st Century: Navigating the Minefield Between Black and White Americans in an Age of Fear more books like this by Bruce A Jacobs add to wishlist see all copies from $3.39! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies
12 view cover	It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions That Anger, Annoy, and Divide the Races more books like this by Lena Williams, Charlayne Hunter-Gault (Foreword by) add to wishlist Now in paperback, this is Lena Williams's honest look at the interactions between blacks and whites--the gestures, expressions, tones, and body language that keep us divided. Frank, funny, and smart, "It's the Little Things" steps back from academia and takes a candid approach to race relations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
13 view cover	It's the Little Things: The Everyday Interactions That Get Under the Skin of Blacks and Whites more books like this by Lena Williams add to wishlist A black person is taken aback when a stranger uses his first name. - A white person fails to recognize a black colleague outside the office. - A black executive is followed around a department store and then can't get a taxi to stop for her. - A white person comments in amazement on how articulate an Ivy Leaque professional is-a black Harvard ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Elusive Dream: The Power of Race in Interracial Churches more books like this by Korie L Edwards add to wishlist It is communion Sunday at a mixed-race church. A black pastor and white head elder stand before the sanctuary as lay leaders pass out the host. An African-American woman sings a gospel song as a woman of Asian descent plays the piano. Then a black woman in the congregation throws her hands up and yells, over and over, "Thank you Lawd!" A few other ... see all copies from $14.51! new only from $21.37! \| SVS
15 view cover	Afraid of the Dark: What Whites and Blacks Need to Know about Each Other more books like this by Jim Myers, Jesse L Jackson, Sr. (Foreword by) add to wishlist Finally, here is the definitive answer for anyone who has contact with people of another race -- in companies, schools, neighbourhoods, or other social situations -- a book that finally reveals that race is not the unfathomable mystery it is usually made out to be. In a revealing and accessible discussion, this book explains why whites are uneasy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Silent Racism: How Well-Meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide more books like this by Barbara Trepagnier add to wishlist Vivid and engaging, "Silent Racism" persuasively demonstrates that silent racism - racism by people who classify themselves as 'not racist' - is instrumental in the production of institutional racism. Trepagnier argues that heightened race awareness is more important in changing racial inequality than judging whether individuals are racist. The ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $30.66! \| SVS
17 view cover	Race Manners: Navigating the Minefield Between Black and White Americas more books like this by Bruce Jacobs add to wishlist Race Manners begins with recognizable scenarios that contain a racial component: on a crowded bus, a solitary black man seethes while boarding passengers take every seat except the one next to his; in a cafeteria, whites wonder why blacks congregate at the same table every day; in front of a store, a white woman clutches her purse when a black man ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
18 view cover	Roots Too: White Ethnic Revival in Post-Civil Rights America more books like this by Matthew Frye Jacobson add to wishlist In the 1950s, America was seen as a vast melting pot in which white ethnic affiliations were on the wane and a common American identity was the norm. Yet by the 1970s, these white ethnics mobilised around a new version of the epic tale of plucky immigrants making their way in the New World through the sweat of their brow. Although this turn to ... see all copies from $14.99! new only from $16.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Race Trap: Smart Strategies for Effective Racial Communication in Business and in Life more books like this by Robert Johnson, Jr., Steven G Simring, Gene Busnar add to wishlist In this business guide for managers, two experts offer ways to navigate the everyday situations that sometimes may lead to misunderstanding based on race. They offer ways to identify strengths and vulnerabilities and suggest ways that effective communication can bring about more positive relationships. (Useful for non-managers as well.) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| first editions
20 view cover	Class Reunion: The Remaking of the American White Working Class more books like this by Lois Weis add to wishlist Lois Weis first visited the town of 'Freeway' in her 1990 book, W orking Class Without Work: High School Students in a De-Industrializing Economy . In that book we met the students and teachers of Freeway's high school to understand how these working-class folks made sense of their lives. Now, fifteen years later, Weis has gone back to Freeway for ... see all copies from $34.81! new only from $37.90!
21 view cover	White Out: The Continuing Significance of Racism more books like this by Ashley W Doane (Editor), Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (Editor) add to wishlist What does it mean to be white? This remains the question at large in the continued effort to examine how white racial identity is constructed and how systems of white privilege operate in everyday life. This text brings together the original work of leading scholars across the disciplines of sociology, philosophy, history and anthropology to give ... see all copies from $26.97! new only from $45.00! \| SVS
22 view cover	Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865 more books like this by William K Klingaman add to wishlist In this study of the Emancipation Proclamation, the author reconstructs events that led to Lincoln's momentous decision, its issue in January, 1863, and concludes with how the proclamation's language and the circumstances in which it was issued have shaped American history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00!
23	Whites: Stories more books like this by Norman Rush add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Racism and Sexual Oppression in Anglo-America: A Genealogy more books like this by Ladelle McWhorter add to wishlist Does the black struggle for civil rights make common cause with the movement to foster queer community, protest anti-queer violence or discrimination, and demand respect for the rights and sensibilities of queer people? Confronting this emotionally charged question, Ladelle McWhorter reveals how a carefully structured campaign against abnormality ... see all copies from $27.87! new only from $27.87!
25 view cover	The White Separatist Movement in the United States: White Power, White Pride! more books like this by Betty A Dobratz, Professor Stephanie L Shanks-Meile add to wishlist Although the white separatist movement stereotype is that of a Southern phenomenon tied to an uneducated and disenfranchised segment of men, this work seeks to show that the movement is in reality more complex and multifaceted. To compile this study, the authors interviewed more than 125 white separatists, attended rallies, congresses, and other ... see all copies from $15.99! new only from $22.64! \| SVS

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	White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise see all from $1.99! new only from $6.17!
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