Black on White
Black Writers on What It Means to Be White
In this thought-provoking volume, David R. Roediger has brought together some of the most important black writers throughout history to explore the question: What does it really mean to be white in America?
From folktales and slave narratives to contemporary essays, poetry, and fiction, black writers have long been among America's keenest students of white consciousness and white behavior, but until now much of this writing has been ignored. Black on White reverses this trend by presenting the work of more than fifty major figures, including James Baldwin, Derrick Bell, Ralph Ellison, W.E.B. Du Bois, bell hooks, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker to take a closer look at the many meanings of whiteness in our society.
Rich in irony, artistry, passion, and common…
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March 31, 2010David R. Roediger is professor of history and chair of American studies at the University of Minnesota. The author of The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class and Towards the Abolition of Whiteness, Roediger lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Black on White
Edited and with an Introduction by David R. Roediger