Seeing White: An Introduction to White Privilege and Race is an interdisciplinary, supplemental textbook that challenges students to see race as everyone’s issue. The new edition includes updated evidence, descriptions, stories, and chapters throughout.
Seeing White: An Introduction to White Privilege and Race, Second Edition is an interdisciplinary, supplemental textbook that challenges undergraduate students to see race as everyone’s issue. The book’s early chapters establish a solid understanding of privilege and power, leading to a critical exploration of discrimination. The authors also draw upon key theoretical perspectives, such as cultural materialism, critical race theory, and the social construction of race to provide students with the tools to discuss racial privilege. The book’s interdisciplinary approach, including perspectives from sociology, psychology, history, and economics provides a holistic and accessible introduction to the challenging issue of race.
Throughout the book, compelling, concrete examples and detailed definitions of terminology help students to understand theoretical perspectives and research evidence. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter encourage students to think critically about the theories and evidence, often prompting students to relate the material in the text to their own experiences.
New to this Edition
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 The Invisibility of Whiteness
Chapter 2 Scientific Endeavors to Study Race: Race Is Not Rooted in Biology
Chapter 3 Race and the Social Construction of Whiteness
Chapter 4 White Supremacy and Other Forms of Everyday Racism
Chapter 5 Ways of Seeing Power and Privilege
Chapter 6 Socioeconomic Class and White Privilege
Chapter 7 (Not) Teaching Race
Chapter 8 (White) Workplaces
Chapter 9 The Race of Public Policy
Chapter 10 Looking Forward
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors