The history of African American studies is often told as a heroic tale, with compelling images of black power and passionate African American students who refus

Black, White, and in Color offers a long-awaited collection of major essays by Hortense Spillers, one of the most influential and inspiring black critics of the

Living in a segregated society, white Americans learn about African Americans through the images the media show. This text offers a look at the racial patterns

This book focuses on the mechanisms that undergird the operation of racialization and works to empirically define the specific mechanisms by which racialization

No longer content with accepting whiteness as the norm, critical scholars have turned their attention to whiteness itself. In Critical White Studies: Looking Be