The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics by George Lipsitz

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics

George Lipsitz

448 pages paperback 1998

5 editions

nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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George Lipsitz's classic book The Possessive Investment in Whiteness argues that public policy and private prejudice work together to create a possessive investment in whiteness that is responsible for the racialized hierarchies of our society. Wh...

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