White Self-Criticality beyond Anti-racism Philosophy of Race SeriesEditor: GeorgeYancy,DuquesneUniversity Editorial Board: Sybol Anderson, Barbara Applebaum, Alison Bailey, Chike Jeffers, JanineJones,DavidKim,EmilyS.Lee,ZeusLeonardo,FalguniA.Sheth,GrantSilva ThePhilosophyofRacebookseriespublishesinterdisciplinaryprojectsthatcenterupon theconceptofrace,aconceptthatcontinuestohaveveryprofoundcontemporaryimplica- tions.Philosophersandotherscholars,moregenerally,arestronglyencouragedtosubmit book projects that seriously address race and the process of racialization as a deeply embodied,existential,political,social,andhistoricalphenomenon.Theseriesisopento examine monographs, edited collections, and revised dissertations that critically engage theconceptofracefrommultipleperspectives:sociopolitical,feminist,existential,pheno- menological,theological,andhistorical. WhiteSelf-CriticalitybeyondAnti-racism,editedbyGeorgeYancy White Self-Criticality beyond Anti-racism How Does It Feel to Be a White Problem? Edited by George Yancy LEXINGTONBOOKS Lanham•Boulder•NewYork•London PublishedbyLexingtonBooks AnimprintofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com 16CarlisleStreet,LondonW1D3BT,UnitedKingdom Copyright©2015byLexingtonBooks Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Whiteself-criticalitybeyondanti-racism:howdoesitfeeltobeawhiteproblem?/editedbyGeorge Yancy. pagescm.–(Philosophyofrace) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-7391-8949-8(cloth:alk.paper)–ISBN978-0-7391-8950-4(ebook) 1.Whites.2.Whites–UnitedStates.3.Racism.4.Racerelations.5.UnitedStates–Racerelations.I. Yancy,George. HT1575.W472015 305.809–dc23 2014033100 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Inlovingmemoryofboth myfather,GeorgeDeweyYancey,EL(1935–2014),and philosopherandtruefriend,JoyceMitchellCook(1933–2014) Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction:Un-Sutured xi GeorgeYancy 1 FlippingtheScript...andStillaProblem:Stayinginthe AnxietyofBeingaProblem 1 BarbaraApplebaum 2 FeelingWhite,FeelingGood:“Antiracist”WhiteSensibilities 21 KarenTeel 3 “WhiteTalk”asaBarriertoUnderstandingtheProblemwith Whiteness 37 AlisonBailey 4 UnforgettingasaCollectiveTactic 57 AlexisShotwell 5 OnNotMakingaLaborofIt:RelationalityandtheProblemof Whiteness 69 CristaLebens 6 “You’retheNigger,Baby,ItIsn’tMe”:TheWilledIgnorance andWishfulInnocenceofWhiteAmerica 85 RobertJensen 7 HumilityandWhiteness:“HowDidILookwithoutSeeing, HearwithoutListening?” 101 RebeccaAanerud 8 ISpeakforMyPeople:ARacialManifesto 115 CrispinSartwell vii viii Contents 9 BeingaWhiteProblemandFeelingIt 121 BridgetM.Newell 10 KeepingtheStrangeUnfamiliar:TheRacialPrivilegeof DismantlingWhiteness 141 NancyMcHugh 11 CorneredbyWhiteness:OnBeingaWhiteProblem 153 DavidS.Owen 12 Whiteness,Democracy,andtheHegemonicMind 167 SteveMartinot 13 AmItheSmallAxeortheBigTree? 189 SteveGarner 14 ContortYourself:Music,Whiteness,andthePoliticsof Disorientation 211 RobinJames Bibliography 229 Index 239 AbouttheEditorandContributors 249