PRICE OF WHITENESS: Jews, Race, and American Identity (2007)

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Interesting book that further Whiteness by looking at what at first seems an odd form of White supremacism: That directed against other Whites - in this case Jews.

The basic problems for Jews in the United States lie in assimilating into the Black/White dichotomy of White supremacists; while experiencing many of the negative affects of White supremacism themselves. This led to an empathy for African Americans that kept Jews permanently seen as threats by White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs).

It correctly states that Whiteness studies practitioners tend to gloss over the White shame and guilt associated with White supremacism and stress the unearned privileges of White supremacism - but neglects those who adopt that very issue as a central plank of their argument (eg, White Like Me).

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