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James McBride shares the story of his mother's life and complicated racial identity which he only learned after becoming an adult. He tells of her infancy in Poland as the daughter of an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, her childhood in small-town Virginia, her move to Harlem at the age of eighteen, her marriage to an African-American man, her achievements as a wife and mother to twelve children, and her refusal to ever admit she is white.

Thirty-seven white South Africans in a village near Capetown speak about their future, politics, violence, Blacks, etc.

Recounts Nigel Hough's experiences as one of the few remaining white farmers in the war-torn country of Zimbabwe, describing how his life differed from that of his family's much-loved nanny, Aqui.

Tanner Colby recounts his research into why white and black people still rarely interact.

The author examines the history of the Western civilization back to ancient Greece and Rome to understand the origins of Caucasians and describes the concept of race as an invention that has varied in importance and reality through time.

A critique of white American class structure, arguing that the paths of social mobility that once advanced the nation are now serving to further isolate an elite upper class while enforcing a growing and resentful white underclass.

Examines racial identity, revealing the source of some of the racial and ethnic stereotypes adolescents are exposed to; discussing reasons why African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans, and other racial groups often feel the need to stick together; and calling for a more open dialogue about race.

The author's memoir of growing up white in a predominantly African-American and Latino neighborhood of housing projects on New York's Lower East Side during the 1970s and '80s.