{"product_id":"the-heart-of-whiteness-confronting-race-racism-and-white-privilege-paperback","title":"The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Jensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn honest look at racism in the United States, and the liberal platitudes that attempt to conceal it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Heart of Whiteness\u003c\/em\u003e is both a cautionary tale for those who believe that they have transcended racism, and also an expression of the hope for genuine transcendence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery few white writers have been able to point out the pathological nature of white privilege and supremacy with the eloquence of Robert Jensen. In \u003cem\u003eThe Heart of Whiteness\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.--\u003cstrong\u003eTim Wise\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eDear White America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.--\u003cstrong\u003eAdam Mansbach\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eAngry Black White Boy \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Go the F***to Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJensen'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.--\u003cstrong\u003eEleanor Bader\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege\u003c\/em\u003e (City Lights); \u003cem\u003eCitizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e (City Lights); \u003cem\u003eAll My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eGetting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWriting Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Mainstream\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003ePlain Radical: Living, Loving, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully\u003c\/em\u003e. Jensen is also co-producer of the documentary film \u003cem\u003eAbe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancing\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Austin, TX.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 124\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 7.28 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758094975264,"sku":"9780872864498","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8f674b4e9d8c88f9bf6ac86d41e12418.webp?v=1780117844","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-heart-of-whiteness-confronting-race-racism-and-white-privilege-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}