Posted: September 13th, 2017

The Possessive Investment of Whiteness

1) Answer all parts of the question.
2) Cite at least two authors and their arguments.
3) Use specific examples from the Sources.
4) Be detailed, thorough, and analytical. Do not be general, vague, or descriptive.
5) Analyze the significance of your evidence in ways that support your thesis.

Define the Possessive Investment in Whiteness. Trace the development of whiteness in the 20th century through an analysis of
a) important legislation,
b) court cases,
c) September 11th.
You must have at least one strong example from each of these sites. Carefully explain and analyze the significance of your examples. Describe two structural, institutional, or personal ways to disrupt, disinvest or dismantle the PIW.

Use Only the Following Sources:

1) George Lipsitz, “ Bill Moore’s Body,” in George Lipsitz, The Possessive investment in Whiteness: How White People profit from Identity Politics ( Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998), vii-xx.
2) George Lipsitz, “The Possessive Investment in Whiteness,” in Lipsitz, The Possessive in whiteness, 1-23.
3) Robin D. G. Kelley “Race Rebels” Chapter 8
4) Leti Volpp, “The Citizen and the Terrorist” UCLA Law Review 49 (June 2002): 1575-1600.

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