Waking up white : and finding myself in the story of race / Debby Irving

Author:: Irving, Debby
Published:: Cambridge, MA : Elephant Room Press, [2014]
Copyright Date:: ©2014
Edition:: 1st edition.
Physical Description:: xiv, 273 pages ; 23 cm

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Machine generated contents note: CHILDHOOD IN WHITE -- 1.What Wasn't Said -- 2.Family Values -- 3.Race Versus Class -- 4.Optimism -- 5.Within the Walls -- MIDLIFE WAKE-UP CALLS -- 6.From Confusion to Shock -- 7.The Gl Bill -- 8.Racial Categories -- 9.White Superiority -- 10.The Melting Pot -- 11.Headwinds and Tailwinds -- WHY DIDN'T I WAKE UP SOONER? -- 12.Icebergs -- 13.Invisibility -- 14.Zap! -- 15.The Whole Story -- 16.Logos and Stereotypes -- RETHINKING KEY CONCEPTS -- 17.My Good People -- 18.Color-Blind -- 19.My Good Luck -- 20.My Robin Hood Syndrome -- TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF TOSSING AND TURNING -- 21.Straddling Two Worlds -- 22.Why Do I Always End Up with White People? -- 23.Diversity Training -- 24.Everyone is Different: Everyone Belongs -- 25.Belonging -- 26.Surviving Versus Thriving -- 27.Living Into Expectations -- 28.I Am the Elephant -- LEAVING MY COMFORT ZONE -- 29.Intent and Impact -- 30.Feelings and the Culture of Niceness -- 31.Courageous Conversations -- 32.Getting Over Myself -- 33.Perception and Fear -- INNER WORK -- 34.Becoming Multicultural -- 35.If Only You'd Be More Like Me -- 36.The Dominant White Culture -- 37.Boxes and Ladders -- 38.The Rugged Individual -- 39.Equality Starts with Equity -- 40.Bull In A China Shop -- OUTER WORK -- 41.From Bystander to Ally -- 42.Solidarity and Accountability -- 43.From Tolerance to Engagement -- 44.Listening -- 45.Normalizing Race Talk -- RECLAIMING MY HUMANITY -- 46.Whole Again.

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ISBN:

9780991331307 (pbk.)
0991331303 (pbk.)

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Includes bibliographical references.

Endowment Note:

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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