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Through ethnographic research and in-depth interviews of students in two demographically distinct U.S. high schools-- one suburban and predominantly white; the other urban, multiracial, and minority white-- Perry shares students' candor about race and self-identification. By examining the meanings students attached (or didn't attach) to their social lives and everyday cultural practices, including their taste in music and clothes, she shows that the ways white students defined white identity were not only markedly different between the two schools but were considerably diverse and ambiguous within them as well. Challenging reductionist notions of whiteness and white racism, this study suggests how we might go "beyond whiteness" to new directions in antiracist activism and school reform. Shades of White is emblematic of an emerging second wave of whiteness studies that focuses on the racial identity of whites. It will appeal to scholars and students of anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies, as well as to those involved with high school education and antiracist activities.

Children, White --- Whites --- High school students, White --- Race awareness in children --- Child psychology --- White high school students --- White people --- White persons --- Ethnology --- Caucasian race --- White children --- Social conditions --- Race identity --- San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) --- Bay Area, San Francisco (Calif.) --- San Francisco Bay Region (Calif.) --- San Francisco Region (Calif.) --- Race relations.