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'A new phase of American whiteness’: A complex history and an uncertain future

Name: The complex history and an uncertain future of American whiteness
Uploaded: 2020-08-03T20:05:16.000Z
Duration: 6 min 3 s
Description: A summer of protest has launched myriad conversations on Blackness in America. But whiteness also has its own history in the U.S., one that Nell Painter, author of “The History of White People,” says deserves just as much scrutiny.

A summer of protest has launched myriad conversations on Blackness in America. But whiteness also has its own history in the U.S., one that Nell Painter, author of “The History of White People,” says deserves just as much scrutiny.