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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815311503321

Autore

Aniagolu Emeka

Titolo

Co-whites : how and why white women "betrayed" the struggle for racial equality in the United States / / Emeka Aniagolu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : University Press of America, c2011

ISBN

9786613912381

1-283-59993-7

0-7618-5342-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Disciplina

305.420973

Soggetti

Racism - United States

Women, White - United States - Attitudes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-331) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgment; Foreword; Introduction; 1: A Brief Literature Review; 2: Women in Western & Non-Western Societies; 3: Women in Post-Civil War United States- Reconstruction through Jim Crow; 4: White Women & African American Women: Friends or Foes?; 5: White Women/African American Women & the Two Wars; 6: White Women & the Civil Rights Movement; 7: White Women & Affirmative Action; 8: Affirmative Action & the Myth of ""Reverse Discrimination""; 9: White Men & the Feminist/Women's Liberation Movement

10: White Women & Racism in the United States11: White Women & the Socialization of White Children; 12: White Women & the Socialization of African American Children; 13: The End of White Supremacy; Epilogue; End Notes; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Aniagolu examines the dynamics of race and gender in the history of the United States, concluding that white American women collaborated with white American men as 'Co-Whites' or co-partners in the management and maintenance of white supremacy in the United States.