<TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText>The Heart of Whiteness</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The</TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix>Heart of Whiteness</TitleWithoutPrefix> <Subtitle>Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege</Subtitle>

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GCDS-9780872864498 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100508640 02 0872864499 03 9780872864498 15 9780872864498 BC <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText>The Heart of Whiteness</TitleText> <TitlePrefix>The</TitlePrefix> <TitleWithoutPrefix>Heart of Whiteness</TitleWithoutPrefix> <Subtitle>Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege</Subtitle> 1 A01 Jensen, Robert Robert Jensen Robert Jensen is a professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and a founding board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center. He is the author of The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege (City Lights); Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity (City Lights); All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice; Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity;  and Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Mainstream. Jensen is also co-producer of the documentary film "Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancing." He lives in Austin, TX. 01 eng 124 01 An honest look at U.S. racism, and the liberal platitudes that attempt to conceal it As devastating as the physical destruction brought by Katrina has been, it may turn out that one of the hurricane's most enduring legacies is the way it made visible the effect of racial and class disparities on who lived and who died, who escaped early and who suffered from being left behind. Such realities have always been clear to those on the bottom of the hierarchy, of course, and to others willing to face the reality of white supremacy. But now all of white America has an opportunity to see what racialized disparities in wealth and well-being look like, in painfully raw form. Will we take that opportunity, or turn away out of fear? Do we have the courage to face the meaning of what we have seen? This book offers an honest and rigorous exploration of what Jensen refers to as the depraved nature of whiteness in the United States. Mixing personal experience with data and theory, Jensen faces down the difficult realities of race, racism, and white privilege. He argues that any system that denies non-white people their full humanity also keeps white people from fully accessing their own. The Heart of Whiteness is both a cautionary tale for those who believe that they have transcended racism, and also an expression of the hope for genuine transcendence. Robert Jensen is the author of Citizens of the Empire. He is a professor of media ethics and journalism at The University of Texas at Austin. 02 As devastating as the physical destruction brought by Katrina has been, it may turn out that one of the hurricane's most enduring legacies is the way it made visible the effect of racial and class disparities on who lived and who died, who escaped... 08 "Very few white writers have been able to point out the pathological nature of white privilege and supremacy with the eloquence of Robert Jensen. In The Heart of Whiteness, Jensen demonstrates not only immense wisdom on the issue of race, but does so in the kind of direct and accessible fashion that separates him from virtually any other academic scholar, or journalist, writing on these subjects today. Tim Wise, author, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son 08 "With radical honesty, hard facts, and an abundance of insight and compassion, Robert Jensen lays out strategies for recognizing and dismantling white privilege and helping others to do the same. This text is more than just important; it's useful. Jensen demonstrates again that he is a leading voice in the American quest for justice." Adam Mansbach, author of Angry Black White Boy, or The Miscegenation of Macon Detornay 08 "The Heart of Whiteness is a good beginning primer by a white person about confronting racism within and without. . . . Jensen does not shy away from the uncomfortable work it takes to erode white privilege." Amanda Davidson, Modern Times Bookstore, San Francisco 08 "Jensen's concise and thought-provoking book offers a variety of ways for white Americans to abandon their unearned skin privilege and rejoin the rest of humanity." Kel Munger, Sacramento News and Review 08 "Jensen's spotlight on the gaps separating the American promise of liberty and justice from the reality is accessible, powerful and moving. In short, it is a terrific piece of anti-racist writing." Eleanor Bader, The Brooklyn Rail 04 02 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100508640/images/87286100508640L.gif 07 02 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100508640/images/87286100508640S.gif 30 07 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100508640/extras/HeartOfWhiteness.mp3 http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100508640 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 20050901 01 7.25 in 02 5.25 in 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 20050901 01 02 12.95 USD