On Roediger's Wages of Whiteness

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Publisher:  eserver
Date Written:  01/01/1991
Year Published:  2002  
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX15820

An extended discussion and critique of David Roediger's book Wages of Whiteness. Allen writes: "David Roediger's Wages of Whiteness, because of its almost universal acceptance for use in colleges and universities, has served as the single most effective instrument in the socially necessary consciousness-raising function of objectifying 'whiteness,' and in popularizing the 'race-as-a-social-construct' thesis. As one who has been the beneficiary of kind supportive comments from him for my own efforts in this field of historical investigation, I undertake this critical essay with no other purpose than furthering the our common aim of the disestablishment of white identity, and the overthrow of white supremacism in general."

Subject Headings

• African Americans
• Black History & Identity
• Class Analysis
• Class Conflict/Class Struggle
• Class Consciousness
• Race & Class
• Race Relations/Racism
• Racism
• Slavery
• U.S. History
• White Privilege
• White Supremacy
• Whiteness
• Workers' History
• Working Class