Whiteness and Morality: Pursuing Racial Justice Through Reparations and Sovereignty (Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice)

This book considers how white U.S.-Americans may participate in racial justice-making, and shows how 'white' identities embody problematic moral realities, arguing that reparations for people of African descent and sovereignty for Native peoples are critical for racial justice and transformation of what it means to be white in the United States. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction Mapping the Fault Lines....Pages 1-18 The Moral Crisis of “Being White”....Pages 19-49 A Colonial Settler Nation and A Slaveholding One....Pages 51-94 Becoming Uniquely White “American”....Pages 95-139 The Imperative of Reparations....Pages 141-172 Conclusion Toward Becoming More Human....Pages 173-181 Back Matter....Pages 183-264 What does it mean to 'be white'? This book asks this question in order to consider how white U.S.-Americans participate in racial justice-making. It illustrates how 'white' identities are embodiments of problematic moral realities. It argues that movements for reparations for people of African descent attempt to redress such realities