Giving Up Whiteness - James, Jeff
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Jeff James was one of the good white guys. At least that's what he thought. But when he asked a black friend how to become an antiracist, he had to think again. Simple, she shot back, get rid of whiteness. Thus began his journey to discover, name, and dismantle the racial category that had defined and advantaged him for a lifetime. In Giving Up Whiteness, James leads readers on an intimate, humble, and disorienting investigation of what it means to be white in twenty-first-century America. He begins to wonder what forces shape his own and other white people's choices: about where to live, who…mehr

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Jeff James was one of the good white guys. At least that's what he thought. But when he asked a black friend how to become an antiracist, he had to think again. Simple, she shot back, get rid of whiteness. Thus began his journey to discover, name, and dismantle the racial category that had defined and advantaged him for a lifetime. In Giving Up Whiteness, James leads readers on an intimate, humble, and disorienting investigation of what it means to be white in twenty-first-century America. He begins to wonder what forces shape his own and other white people's choices: about where to live, who to marry, and what church to join. With a blend of honest storytelling and incisive critique, James guides readers through the questions he encountered: What privileges accrue to people categorized as white? How have some Christians bolstered white supremacy through misreading of Scripture? How does whiteness make itself invisible? And is it possible to give it up? The things we can't see yield the most power, so it's time to take a hard look at whiteness. Ultimately, James writes, white people like him have a lot of work to do, and it's past time to get started.
Autorenporträt
Jeff James has led innovation and diversity initiatives in technology, marketing, economic development, and publishing industries and currently serves as vice president and publisher of business and leadership books and e-courses for HarperCollins. Having worked in numerous roles at Microsoft, James has been featured in Forbes and Publishers Weekly. James holds a master's degree from West Virginia University and is pursuing a PhD in organizational leadership at Eastern University. A co-founder of Create West Virginia, a nonprofit to advance innovation economy opportunities, James lives in the Nashville, Tennessee, area with his wife and four daughters.