Segregation, Reconciliation and the New White Power Movements

Session Submission Type: Paper Session

Abstract

Papers on this panel examine aspects of intentionally unequal white/black race relations. Using public dialogues concerning law, readings of fantasy literature, and interpretations of humor, the nostalgia for the priority of whiteness is examined and deconstructed.

Sub Unit

• American Studies Division

Chair

• Ellen M Rigsby, Saint Marys College of California

Respondent

• Valerie V Peterson, Grand Valley State Univ

Session Organizer

• Ellen M Rigsby, Saint Marys College of California