The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives

The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives By Mura, David Published by University of Minnesota Press Publication Date: 2023-01-31 Subject: Literary Essays, Social Science Race & Ethnic Relations, Social Science, Race & Ethnic Relations, Literary Collections Essays, Literary Collections, Essays, Racism - United States, White People - Race Identity, United States - Race Relations, Anf: Literature, Literary Collections Essays, Literary Collections Essays, Social Science Race & Ethnic Relations, Social Science Race & Ethnic Relations, Literary Essays Subject Keywords: Kiese Laymon; race; American history; racial narratives; systemic racism; Philando Castile; George Floyd; Black Lives Matter; Afropessimism; history; literature; fiction; film; epistemology; ontology; James Baldwin; Jefferson; Lincoln; Reconstruction; national narratives; Jim Crow; police killings; slavery; whiteness; white identity; The 16919 Project; Critical Race Theory; Faulkner; Morrison; Spielberg; Jonathan Franzen; Alexs Pate; ZZ Packer; Ava DuVernay Genre: Literary Essays, Social Science, Race & Ethnic Relations, Literary Collections, Essays, Literary Essays Target Audience: A Read for the Modern Generation