Being White Stories of Race and Racism [Paperback]

Karyn McKinney uses written autobiographies solicited from young white people to empirically analyze the contours of the white experience in U.S. society. This text offers a unique view of whiteness based on the rich data provided by whites themselves, writing about what it means to be white.Karyn McKinneyis Assistant Professor of Sociology at Penn State University, Altoona College. She is the co-author of The Many Costs of Racismwith Joe Feagin, and her work has appeared in Contemporary Sociology,Ethnic and RacialStudies, the Journal of Family Issues and the AmericanJournal of Sociology.