David Roediger - Instead of accepting what James Baldwin called the "lie of whiteness," many

Instead of accepting what James Baldwin called the "lie of whiteness," many people in lots of different fields and movement activities have tried to productively make it into a problem. When did (some) people come to define themselves as white? In what conditions? How does the lie of whiteness get reproduced? What are its costs politically, morally and culturally?

- David Roediger

source: Source: www.counterpunch.org

topic: Lying, White, People