Being White Today

A Roadmap for a Positive Antiracist Life

Shelly Tochluk, Christine Saxman

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2023
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781475870572
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Multicultural Education

The idea that White people are under attack has permeated political discourse in recent elections. The election of 2024 will be no different. Being White Today: A Roadmap for a Positive Antiracist Life helps White people navigate the myriad messages they encounter about race. The book applies the White racial identity framework developed by psychologist Dr. Janet Helms to take a strong stance against racism. Using fictionalized scenarios and case studies, it offers a way to resist extremist messaging and recruitment. A helpful resource for White people who care about US society, in particular, White parents, educators, activists, and racial/social justice practitioners, this book also helps people understand antiracist messaging and how to use it strategically to create a larger community of White antiracists.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Deciding on a Direction: Which Way Do We Go?
• Chapter 2 Mapping the Road Ahead: Toward a Positive, Antiracist White Identity
• Chapter 3 Encountering the Other: Contact
• Chapter 4 Moral Dilemmas: Disintegration
• Chapter 5 Defending Whiteness: Disintegration
• Chapter 6 Toward Antiracism: Disintegration
• Chapter 7 Retreating into Whiteness: Reintegration
• Chapter 8 Emerging Antiracism: Reintegration
• Chapter 9 False Confidence: Pseudo-Independence
• Chapter 10 Transformation: Immersion/Emersion
• Chapter 11 Positive Antiracist White Identity: Autonomy
• Chapter 12 It’s Okay to Be White: Autonomy
• Appendix
• Endnotes
• Bibliography
• About the Authors