Böcker av Shannon Sullivan

Argues for the necessity of a new ethos for middle-class white anti-racism.

Leading scholars explore how different forms of ignorance are produced and sustained, and the role they play in knowledge practices.

"Some embrace the idea of white privilege as an important concept that helps us to make sense of the connection between race and social and political disadvantages, while others are critical or even hostile. Philosopher Shannon Sullivan cuts through the confusion and cross-talk to challenge what 'everybody knows' about white privilege"--

This book argues that gender and race are physiologically constituted through the biopsychosocial effects of sexism and racism. Sullivan skillfully combines feminist and critical philosophy of race with the biological and health sciences to provide new strategies for fighting male and white privilege.

A bold examination of questions about whiteness and race