Jeff Hitchcock

A gentle introduction to the idea that the dominant (white) culture of the U.S. is seen as a neutral-good-normal way of being, if you're part of it (if you're white, that is)...and how "white" being a default of "normal" prevents us from evolving into a true multiracial society. The book has to hit you in the right stage of your thinking--you have to be ready to hear the message, but to not have thought about it so much yet or quite accepted it as yet that there is such a thing as "white cutlure," to get the most from this book. It's straightforward and non-scary and non-confrontational, maybe a little too much that way, and I can imagine it would be perfect for a first college class on diversity or any group discussion where everyone is all still a little nervous about discussing race in the group.… (mais)