“Lifting the White Veil: An Exploration of White American Culture in a Multiracial Context”, by Jeff Hitchcock

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The main point of this book is that we who are white Americans should be a little more aware of our race and our culture, that is to say, our whiteness. We need to understand how we presently fit within the racial structure of the United States. When Robert Terry, in 1981, said, “To be white in America is not to have to think about it,” he was describing a situation as it was, not as he thought he should be. We do have to think about it. True, even today many white people can blissfully ignore their racial and cultural background and identity. But as the country becomes increasingly multiracial in composition, the space in which we can wear racial blinders is diminishing.