Shades of White

White Kids and Racial Identities in High School

Bibliographic Data

ID19923366
AuthorsPamela Perry (0000-0002-1203-123X, corresponding author)
Year2002
Pages280
Publication date2002-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
Reviewed byShades of White: White Kids and Racial Identities in High School, Prudence L Carter, 2003
VenueShades of White (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/9780822383659
OpenAlexW4233660480
Open LibraryOL3953384M
ISBN9780822383659
LanguageEN
Citations received237

Through ethnographic research and in-depth interviews of students in two demographically distinct U.S. high schools-- one suburban and predominantly white; the other urban, multiracial, and minority white-- Perry shares students' candor about race and self-identification. By examining the meanings students attached (or didn't attach) to their social lives and everyday cultural practices, including their taste in music and clothes, she shows that the ways white students defined white identity were not only markedly different between the two schools but were considerably diverse and ambiguous within them as well. Challenging reductionist notions of whiteness and white racism, this study suggests how we might go "beyond whiteness" to new directions in antiracist activism and school reform. Shades of White is emblematic of an emerging second wave of whiteness studies that focuses on the racial identity of whites. It will appeal to scholars and students of anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies, as well as to those involved with high school education and antiracist activities

White (mutation) · Art, Technology, and Culture · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Chemistry · Color perception and design · 20th century · California · Children, White · High school students · Race awareness in children · Race identity · race relations · San Francisco Bay Area · Social conditions · White Children · White High school students · White people · Whites

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