White, Whiteness, Whitewash: THE MASKS WE WEAR IN AMERICA.
The article discusses white identity and the way whiteness is seen in the U.S. Topics covered include the case of enslaved teenager named Alexina Morrison in 1857, the controversy provoked by Rachel Dolezal, a woman who identified and passed as a black woman, and artist Andy Warhol's theme of trivia...
| Published in: | American Scholar Vol. 90; no. 1; pp. 18 - 34 |
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Phi Beta Kappa Society
Winter2021
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| Summary: | The article discusses white identity and the way whiteness is seen in the U.S. Topics covered include the case of enslaved teenager named Alexina Morrison in 1857, the controversy provoked by Rachel Dolezal, a woman who identified and passed as a black woman, and artist Andy Warhol's theme of trivializing whiteness. |
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