White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living inthe United States will soon share an unprecedented experience ofslipping below 50% of the population. The impending demographicshifts are already felt in most urban centers and the effect is anational backlash of hyper–mobilized political, and sometimesviolent, activism with a stated aim that is simultaneously vagueand deadly clear: to take our country back. Meanwhilethe spectre of minority status draws closer, and thematerial advantages of being born white are eroding. This is the political and cultural reality tackled by LindaMartín Alcoff in The Future of Whiteness. She argues thatwhiteness is here to stay, at least for a while, but that half ofwhites have given up on ideas of white supremacy, and the sharedpublic, material culture is more integrated than ever. More andmore, whites are becoming aware of how they appear to non–whites,both at home and abroad, and this is having profound effects onwhite identity in North America. The young generation of whitestoday, as well as all those who follow, will have never known acountry in which they could take white identity as the unchallengeddefault that dominates the political, economic and culturalleadership. Change is on the horizon, and the most importantbattleground is among white people themselves. The Future of Whiteness makes no predictions but astutely analyzesthe present reaction and evaluates the current signs of turmoil.Beautifully written and cogently argued, the book looks set tospark debate in the field and to illuminate an important area ofracial politics.
- ISBN: 978-0-7456-8545-8
- Editorial: Polity Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Fecha Publicación: 26/12/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés