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line_so_fine's review against another edition
5.0
This is essentially an oral history of 30 women and their perceptions of race- both their own (they are all white) and others. In doing this, the author is able to show the non-neutrality of whiteness and the ways in which keeping whiteness invisible buoys racism. This was the first book on Whiteness that I ever read, and it blew my mind.
stefhyena's review against another edition
4.0
Frankenberg examines both the way that whiteness functions as an unacknowledged default and how white women try to navigate their own identities as unknowingly, unwillingly or critically reflexively white. She examines the ethnicities and experiences of her participants and the way race becomes invisible when white people want to deny their complicity.
Interesting. I think there are more recent studies on this sort of a thing, but it was worth reading.
Interesting. I think there are more recent studies on this sort of a thing, but it was worth reading.
gabojaiko's review against another edition
4.0
a useful discussion of the intersection between race and feminism. and useful thinking for how to talk about whiteness.
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