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"WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WHITE IN AMERICA? BREAKING THE WHITE CODE OF SILENCE, A COLLECTION OF PERSONAL NARRATIVES, asks just that. The first of its kind, this collection of 82 personal narratives reflects a vibrant range of stories from white Americans who speak frankly and openly about race, not only as it applies to people of color, but as it applies to themselves. The stories cover a wide gamut of American history from contributors around the United States; from reminiscing about segregation and Jim Crow, to today's headlines of police brutality, politics and #BlackLivesMatter. The variety in style and subject matter from people of different class and employment backgrounds have one point in common-they create an absorbing and thought-provoking collection that explores race from a very personal perspective. In the telling, not only do contributors discuss their discomfort in talking about race, they also share big and small moments in their lives that have shaped what it means to be white in America, and how it affects the way they see themselves and others. In answering the question, some may offer viewpoints one may not necessarily agree with, but nevertheless, it is clear that each contributor is committed to answering it as honestly as possible. An invaluable starting point that includes a glossary and a bibliography of suggested reading, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WHITE IN AMERICA? is highly recommended for students, teachers and anyone else interested in seeking a deeper and richer understanding of race in America."--EBSCO

Intro -- SERIES EDITOR'S NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- Cathy J. Schlund-Vials Sean Frederick Forbes and Tara Betts -- What We Are: Three Perspectives on Being Mixed Race in America -- CARLOS ADAMS -- I Was Mixed Race Before It Was Cool -- DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BARKER -- The Girl with the Good Hair -- CARLY BATES -- French Vanilla -- JACKSON BLISS -- When Words Make You Real -- F. DOUGLAS BROWN -- How to Father Mixed Children as a Mixed Parent: A Zuihitsu After Sei Shonagon -- ALISON CARR -- Brown Like Ali -- MONA LISA CHAVEZ-ESQUEDA -- Race for Dinner -- FREDRICK D. KAKINAMI CLOYD -- A Black Japanese Amerasian Being -- SANTANA DEMPSEY -- An Impossible Feat -- TIMEKA DREW -- Nigger Lover -- NAOMI RAQUEL ENRIGHT -- From One Exile to Another -- ANIKA FAJARDO -- None Taken -- LIBERTY FERDA -- The Other Side of the Street -- CHELSEA LEMON FETZER -- Speck -- WAYNE FREEMAN -- The Question -- FRANCES FROST -- There Are Levels to This -- WENDY A. GAUDIN -- Raceless -- HERBERT HARRIS -- Multigenerational Identities -- RENA M. HEINRICH -- The White Wilderness -- VELINA HASU HOUSTON -- Cinnamon and Pearl -- MARK S. JAMES -- Living Color in a Color Blind World -- ALLYSON JEFFREDO -- A Half Tale -- NADINE M. KNIGHT -- The Luxury of Ambiguity -- JEWEL LOVE -- A Beige Christmas -- DEVORAH MAJOR -- Educated to Shy -- JANE MARCHANT -- A Century of Progress -- RACHEL MASILAMANI -- Two Kinds of People, A Graphic Narrative -- JENI MCFARLAND -- Hair Like Ariel's -- ABRA MIMS -- Being Seen -- VIA PERKINS -- What We Call Ourselves -- EMAN RIMAWI -- But You Don't Look Like . . . -- CHARLES MATTHEW SNYDER -- Negotiating Worlds Black and White -- LILY ANNE WELTY TAMAI -- Mixed Race Mama -- KYLA KUPFERSTEIN TORRES -- Whose Girl Are You? -- DIANA EMIKO TSUCHIDA -- The Key to Curiosity -- JENNY TURNER -- Black and White Thinking -- MAYA WASHINGTON -- The Mixed Question