David Michael Jamison, Ph.D.

The Deployment of Whiteness by Blacks and Whites in Both Black and White Contexts

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Although the concept of whiteness was created in opposition to the concept of blackness, it was created in the same space. So whatever happened to one usually happened to the other. Despite the racial categories we often fit ourselves into, by 2023, most Americans have acquired the ability to deploy both black and white identities