Whiting Out

Whiting Out is an experimental work that tackles a habit common in writing about race: the distance white writers place between themselves and the ideas they discuss. Written in the first person, the book reflects on vulnerability as its method and turns that reflection toward race, identity, history, responsibility, positionality, power, and the present.

The book takes the form of an author study with two parts. The first looks at James Baldwin's writing in fragments. The second filters the inquiry through the work of Gloria E. Anzaldúa.

The book is written for teachers at every stage of their careers, especially white educators, and for anyone interested in writing new narratives and imagining new possible worlds. It calls on critical educators to recommit to deep learning in pursuit of anti-racist, queer-inclusive liberation and of intersectional futures in which healing, justice, and repair come first.

It suits courses such as Introduction to Education, Introduction to Teaching and Learning, Introduction to Curriculum Studies, Education and Society, Education and Cultural Studies, Whiteness in Education, Critical Race Theory in Education, Race, Racism and Anti-Racism, Examining Race, Power and Privilege, and Teaching and Learning in Diverse Contexts.