Being White: Stories of Race and Racism

Karyn McKinney uses written autobiographies solicited from young white people to empirically analyze the contours of the white experience in U.S. society. This text offers a unique view of whiteness based on the rich data provided by whites themselves, writing about what it means to be white.

Author: Karyn D. McKinney
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/26/2004
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.01w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780415935739

About the Author

Karyn McKinney is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Penn State University, Altoona College. She is the co-author of The Many Costs of Racism with Joe Feagin, and her work has appeared in Contemporary Sociology, Ethnic and RacialStudies, the Journal of Family Issues and the AmericanJournal of Sociology.