The History of White People

paperback, 512 pages

Published April 18, 2011 by W W Norton Company, W. W. Norton & Company.

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5 stars

Goes through the history of the idea of racism and the various kinds of racial thinking that have gone on among the ruling classes in Europe & later in the US. It is pretty engaging & entertaining—reading it often feels like having a conversation with someone who keeps going off on tangents because they've learned so much about their area of interest and are really enthusiastic about it. It can also be kind of heavy, learning about just how deep some of these heinous ideas run in society. Racism is far from gone, and this book helped me to recognize modern strains of racism as connected to older forms, even if some of the aesthetics have changed.

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