Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race

by Debby Irving

Overview

Waking Up White is the book Irving wishes someone had handed her decades ago. By sharing her sometimes cringe-worthy struggle to understand racism and racial tensions, she offers a fresh perspective on bias, stereotypes, manners, and tolerance. As Irving unpacks her own long-held beliefs about colorblindness, being a good person, and wanting to help people of color, she reveals how each of these well-intentioned mindsets actually perpetuated her ill-conceived ideas about race. She also explains why and how she's changed the way she talks about racism, works in racially mixed groups, and understands the antiracism movement as a whole. Exercises at the end of each chapter prompt readers to explore their own racialized ideas. Waking Up White's personal narrative is designed to work well as a rapid read, a book group book, or support reading for courses exploring racial and cultural issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780991331314
Publisher:	Elephant Room Press
Publication date:	01/16/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	115,296
File size:	623 KB