Böcker av George Lipsitz

"The twentieth anniversary edition of this book about how white people profit from identity politics includes new chapters and extended discussions of political whiteness, vigilante violence, police misconduct and white flight, white fright, white fragility and white fear"--

The Fierce Urgency of Now offers an impassioned call to take the practices of musical improvisation often associated with jazz performance as a model for social-justice activism.

How racism shapes urban spaces and how African Americans create vibrant communities that offer models for more equitable social arrangements

Taking a look at white supremacy, this work argues that racism is a matter of interests as well as attitudes, a problem of property as well as pigment. This work shows how whiteness works in respect to Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. It also analyzes the centrality of whiteness to US culture.

The life story of a grassroots, civil rights activist

This volume provides coverage of musical styles from around the world, from Havana to Tokyo. It explores the fusion of immigrant and mainstream cultures displayed in world music, including: rap, jazz, reggae, zouk, bhangra, juju, swamp pop, and Puerto Rican Bugalu and Chicano punk.