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A 7 page book review of Robert Jensen's The Heart of Whiteness, which deals with the lingering legacy of white supremacy and its effect on American society. Only the text is cited.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Robert Jensen, The Heart of Whiteness
Research Compiled By - May, 2012 properly! Jensen, Robert. The Heart of
Whiteness, Confronting Race, Racism, and White Privilege. San Francisco: City Lights, 2005. Jensens purpose in writing this text is to argue that whites need to confront the reality that
their engrained attitudes and worldview, which is founded on tenets of white supremacy, are the root issue behind racism and the problems associated with race. The books thesis is that
white-supremacist society continues to exist, with whites benefitting from it, which is a fact that whites should hate, resist and try to change. In doing so, Jensen proposes that this
is the first step towards being able to embrace others and ourselves with love, that is, by hating racist actions, thoughts and privilege, whites take the "first step towards being
able to truly love" (Jensen xviii). Jensen explains in his introduction that the text constitutes an effort to "find a way out of whiteness so that I can claim my
own humanity" (Jensen xix). The text is presented in seven chapters, which include an introduction and a conclusion. The Introduction offers Jensens purpose in writing the book and his
thesis. The first chapter, "Race Words and Race Stories," begins by establishing the lexicon that Jensen uses in his text. For example, rather than referring to "people of color," Jensen
uses the term "non-white" (Jensen 1). This term is chosen because it reminds the reader of the equities in power that constitutes the basic reason behind racial designations. Jensen goes
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