Unhooking from Whiteness: The Key to Dismantling Racism in the United States -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- 1. TOWARD A LESSER SHADE OF WHITE: 12 Steps Towards More Authentic Race Awareness -- INTRODUCTION: HOW THIS ALL GOT STARTED -- HOW TO READ THIS CHAPTER -- COUNTER-STORIES AND CRITICAL STORYTELLING -- THE RESEARCHERS -- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: THE WHITE PROBLEM -- THE 12 STEPS -- The 12 Steps -- DISCUSSION: SOME OTHER COMPARISONS THAT ALWAYS NEED TO BE MONITORED -- THESE ARE THE FACTS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- 2. TOO WHITE TO BE BLACK AND TOO BLACK TO BE WHITE: A Journey away from Whiteness -- I NEVER SAW IT AS NEEDING TO UNHOOK -- UNDERSTANDING WHITENESS: A CRITICAL RACE PERSPECTIVE -- Valuing Experiential Knowledge -- Challenging the Dominant Perspective -- Commitment to Social Justice -- Being Interdisciplinary -- SAVING MYSELF FROM WHITENESS: RESISTING, OR WAS I? -- I Will Accept Your Domination Now: Conformist Resistance -- I Won't Do It to Myself -- I Won't Let the System Do It to My Students -- THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNHOOKING -- HOW I UNHOOKED: A CRITICAL RACE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE -- IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 3. LEARNING TO TAKE THE BULLET AND MORE: Anti-racism Requirements for White Allies and Other Friends of the Race, So-Called and Otherwise -- WHAT'S A WHITE PERSON TO DO? INQUIRING ABOUT WHITENESS, RACE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE -- WHO IS A FRIEND OF FREEDOM? CAN WHITE PEOPLE BE ALLIES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE? -- HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A WHITE PROBLEM? THE PROBLEM OF WHITE PEOPLE OF GOODWILL AND WHITE ANTIRACISM -- THE LIMITS OF GOODWILL AND WHITE SUPREMACY: AN OFTEN DIFFICULT MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR WHITE PEOPLE -- WHITE ALLIES: SINCERE WHITE PEOPLE AND MOVING BEYOND GOODWILL AND GOOD INTENTIONS -- SHIFTING AWAY FROM WHITENESS: FACING THE CONSEQUENCES.

A TENTATIVE JOURNEY TOWARD ANTI-RACISM: BEING WHITE AND LEARNING TO PUSH BACK AGAINST WHITENESS -- LITMUS TESTS AND WHITE ALLIES: SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS AND HOPES FOR A SOCIALLY JUST FUTURE FOR ALL -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- 4. PRIVILEGING PRIVILEGE WITH THE HOPE OF ACCESSING PRIVILEGE -- 5. I REFUSE TO BE A PAWN FOR WHITENESS: A Korean Transracial Adoptee Speaks Out -- CRITICAL RACE THEORY WITHOUT FOLKS OF COLOR: TOWARD A FUBU PRINCIPLE2 -- Property: FUBU -- Critical Race Theory: Toward a FUBU Principle -- WHAT IS THE BIG PROBLEM? -- BLACK, WHITE, AND YELLOW: MY REFUSAL TO BE A PAWN FOR WHITENESS -- Antiracist Work: An Adopted Korean's Point of View -- Unhooking From Whiteness: Resisting Dual Loyalties -- Informational Narcissism: Non Satis Scire-To Know is Not Enough -- Stepping Aside: CRT and White Alliances -- Personal Experiences: Privileged White Antiracists -- Authentic Alliances: The Importance of Unhooking from Whiteness -- CRT IS A STANDPOINT THEORY: WHY THIS MATTERS -- Silent Partners: An Ideal Type of Ally -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 6. REPOSITIONING THE HOOK: (Re)committing to Equity Through Autoethnographic Exploration -- INTRODUCTION -- THE LITERATURE -- Critical Race Theory -- Whiteness -- METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH -- Who We Are and the Contexts in Which We Work? -- Data Sources -- THE NARRATIVES -- Kenny -- Kenny's Analysis -- Margaret-Mary's Analysis -- Dana -- Dana's Analysis -- Steve -- Visiting the Student Government Room -- Visiting Ms. Sackett -- Steve's Analysis -- WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN AND WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHER EDUCATION? -- REFERENCES -- 7. ENGLISH IVY -- IF A RIBBON RAN THROUGH IT -- COLORING OUTSIDE OF THE LINES -- ORANGE, BLACK, AND IN BETWEEN -- REAL TIME -- POSTSCRIPT -- REFERENCES -- 8. OUR JOURNEYS AS LATIN@ EDUCATORS AND THE PERPETUAL STRUGGLE TO UNHOOK FROM WHITENESS -- BACKGROUND.

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: RESISTANT CAPITAL -- Critics of Auto-Ethnographic Academic Research -- METHODS -- Research Design, Data, and Analysis -- Data and Data Collection -- ROSA'S TESTIMONIO -- Professional Experience -- RENÉ'S TESTIMONIO -- My New England Ricaness: My Early Years -- Growing up Orlando Rican -- What Does Puerto Rican Orlando Look Like Now? -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- Agency: ¿Somos víctimas? [Are We Victims?] -- Issues of Resistance through Latin@ Teacher Voices -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 9. INTERRUPTING THE RACIAL TRIANGULATION OF ASIANS: Unhooking from Whiteness as a Form of Coalitional Politics -- PURPOSE OF COALITIONAL POLITICS -- HOW RACIAL TRIANGULATION WORKS -- CRITICAL RACE THEORY -- Centrality of Race and Racism -- Valuing Experiential Knowledge -- Challenging the Dominant Perspective -- Commitment to Social Justice -- Being Interdisciplinary -- THE ACADEMY: LIFE AS AN ASIAN AMERICAN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR -- UNHOOKING FROM WHITENESS: A CRITICAL RACE PERSPECTIVE -- IMPLICATIONS FOR UNHOOKING FROM WHITENESS -- REFERENCES -- AFTERWORD -- SHARDS OF WHITENESS: ON BEING AN ASIAN AMERICAN CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.