Black in White Space, Elijah Anderson
Black in White Space, Elijah Anderson
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Black in White Space
The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life

Author: Elijah Anderson

Narrator: Leon Nixon

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/20/2022


Synopsis

A birder strolling in Central Park. A college student lounging on a university quad. Two men sitting in a coffee shop. Perfectly ordinary actions in ordinary settings—and yet, they sparked jarring and inflammatory responses that involved the police and attracted national media coverage. Why? In essence, Elijah Anderson would argue, because these were Black people existing in white spaces.

In Black in White Space, Anderson brings his immense knowledge and ethnography to bear in this timely study of the racial barriers that are still firmly entrenched in our society at every class level. He focuses in on symbolic racism, a new form of racism in America caused by the stubbornly powerful stereotype of the ghetto embedded in the white imagination, which subconsciously connects all Black people with crime and poverty regardless of their social or economic position. White people typically avoid Black space, but Black people are required to navigate the "white space" as a condition of their existence.

An unwavering truthteller in our national conversation on race, Anderson has shared intimate and sharp insights into Black life for decades. Vital and eye-opening, Black in White Space will be a must-listen for anyone hoping to understand the lived realities of Black people and the structural underpinnings of racism in America.

About Elijah Anderson

Elijah Anderson is the Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies at Yale University. His books include A Place on the Corner, Streetwise, published by the University of Chicago Press, as well as Code of the Street and The Cosmopolitan Canopy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by J Earl

Black in White Space by Elijah Anderson is a remarkably clear explanation of both the impact and the experience of being Black in predominantly white spaces. The richness of the text is in Anderson's ability to explain the theory without being a "theory book." So often people read and enjoy theory bu......more

Goodreads review by Lynn

Look at how racial disparities affect African Americans in real time and life. Academic point of view. Excellent.......more

Goodreads review by Yasmin

Such an insightful book that explains the structural inequalities against African Americans in the U.S. contributing to long lasting stereotypes of the “Iconic Ghetto” and how these perceptions affect everyday black lives.......more

Goodreads review by Tony

Trigger warning for all BIPOC who’ve been in white spaces. Nothing but truth in this book. Even for those of us who are not Black, we all experience our version of the n word moment......more