Jewish Identity and Whiteness

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/09/22/jews-in-america-struggled-for-generations-to-become-white-now-we-must-give-up-that-privilege-to-fight-racism/

White Identity Politics Driving American Elections

More evidence that white identity politics are having a decisive effect on American politics. As whites shrink in numbers, their fear and anger only increases their influence.

Some thoughts for those who believe they are white.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/opinionator/2015/12/24/dear-white-america/

Is White Guilt Useless, or a Moral Necessity?

From the New York Times:

White Debt Reckoning with what is owed — and what can never be repaid — for racial privilege.

This thoughtful essay by award-winning non-fiction writer Eula Biss meditates on the question of white guilt in the context of recent (and past) incidents of racial injustice in America. Thought-provoking.

White Privilege Cologne?

Whiteness and the Movie "Suffragette"

How a film continues the white-washing of history.  http://www.thestranger.com/film/feature/2015/11/04/23117815/why-our-reviewer-refuses-to-write-a-review-of-suffragette

And a reminder of how African American women were leaders in the battle here: http://www.makers.com/blog/african-american-suffragists-history-forgot

Whiteness Studies Resists the Myth of a Post-Racial America

Barack Obama's election helped fuel the myth that the United States is entering a "post-racial" era in which white privilege is on the decline. Whiteness Studies scholars answer: not so fast. Read the article.