What does it mean to be white? This remains the question at large in the continued effort to examine how white racial identity is constructed and how systems of white privilege operate in everyday life. White Out brings together the original work of leading scholars across the disciplines of sociology, philosophy, history, and anthropology to give readers an important and cutting-edge study of "whiteness."

Part 1 PART I Rethinking Whiteness Studies; Chapter 1 Rethinking Whiteness Studies, WoodyDoane; Part 2 PART II New Perspectives on Whiteness; Chapter 2 Whitewashing Race: A Critical Perspective on Whiteness, Margaret L.Andersen; Chapter 3 White Supremacy as Sociopolitical System: A Philosophical Perspective, CharlesW. Mills; Chapter 4 Rethinking Whiteness Historiography: The Case of Italians in Chicago, 1890-1945, Thomas A.Guglielmo; Chapter 5 Shades of Whiteness: The Mexican American Experience in Relation to Anglos and Blacks, EdwardMurguia, TyroneForman; Chapter 6 Rejecting Blackness and Claiming Whiteness: Antiblack Whiteness in the Biracial Project, MinkahMakalani; Chapter 7 Who Are These White People?:"Rednecks," "Hillbillies," And "White Trash" As Marked Racial Subjects; Chapter 8 The Beautiful American: Sincere Fictions of the White Messiah in Hollywood Movies, HernánVera, AndrewM. Gordon; Part 3 PART III Whiteness and Color-Blind Racism: Empirical Studies; Chapter 9 White Fright: Reproducing White Supremacy through Casual Discourse, KristenMyers; Chapter 10 Playing the White Ethnic Card: Using Ethnic Identity to Deny Contemporary Racism, Charles A.Gallagher; Chapter 11 Some Are More Equal than Others: Lessons on Whiteness from School, Amanda E.Lewis; Chapter 12 Good Neighborhoods, Good Schools: Race and the "Good Choices" of White Families, Heather BethJohnson, Thomas M.Shapiro; Chapter 13 White Views of Civil Rights: Color Blindness and Equal Opportunity, NancyDitomaso, RochelleParks-Yancy, CorinnePost; Chapter 14 "Racing for Innocence": Whiteness, Corporate Culture, and the Backlash against Affirmative Action, Jennifer L.Pierce; Chapter 15 Blinded by Whiteness: The Development of White College Students' Racial Awareness, Mark A.Chesler, MelissaPeet, ToddSevig; Part 4 PART IV Whiteness and Antiracism; Chapter 16 Diverse Perspectives on Doing Antiracism: The Younger Generation, Karyn D.Mckinney, Joe R.Feagin; Chapter 17 The Political Is Personal: The Influence of White Supremacy on White Antiracists'Personal Relationships, EileenO'Brien; Part 5 PART V Conclusion; Chapter 18 "New Racism," Color-Blind Racism, and the Future of Whiteness in America, EduardoBonilla-Silva; Notes; References; Contributors; Index;