About the Author

Michael J. Monahan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University.

Reviews

"[A] compelling critique of 'the politics of purity'...Recommended." -Choice "Compellingly argues for an understanding of whiteness as a dynamic racial category of becoming,rather than a static category of being,and convincingly challenges the politics of purity in both traditional and anti-racist understandings of race and racism." -- -Shannon Sullivan Pennsylvania State University "A careful and original philosophical study of race and the challenges it offers for the understanding of whiteness, white normativity, and racism." -- -Lewis Gordon Temple University