{"product_id":"acting-white-rethinking-race-in-postracial-america-9780195382587","title":"Acting White?: Rethinking Race in \"Post-Racial\" America","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to \"act black\" or \"act white\"? Is race merely a matter of phenotype  or does it come from the inflection of a persons speech  the clothes in her closet  how she chooses to spend her time and with whom she chooses to spend it? What does it mean to be \"really\" black  and who gets to make that judgment?  In Acting White?  leading scholars of race and the law Devon Carbado and Mitu Gulati argue that  in spite of decades of racial progress and the pervasiveness of multicultural rhetoric  racial judgments are often based not just on skin color  but on how a person conforms to behavior stereotypically associated with a certain race. Specifically  racial minorities are judged on how they \"perform\" their race. This performance pervades every aspect of their daily life  whether its the clothes they wear  the way they style their hair  the institutions with which they affiliate  their racial politics  the people they befriend  date or marry  where they live  how they speak  and their outward mannerisms and demeanor. Employing these cues  decision-makers decide not simply whether a person is black but the degree to which she or he is so. Relying on numerous examples from the workplace  higher education  and police interactions  the authors demonstrate that  for African Americans  the costs of \"acting black\" are high  and so are the pressures to \"act white.\" But  as the authors point out  \"acting white\" has costs as well.  Provocative yet never doctrinaire  Acting White? will boldly challenge your assumptions and make you think about racial prejudice from a fresh vantage point.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647641739317,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195382587","price":50.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195382587.jpg?v=1781696905","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/acting-white-rethinking-race-in-postracial-america-9780195382587","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}