First published 2019
From colonial-era photographs to today's online "white saviors," the camera has long propped up racist power structures. This incisive work traces how the invention and perpetuation of "whiteness" has been complexly visual. In an age of rising fascism, Roediger dissects the nonsensical construction of white identity, while highlighting artists who subvert and critique its toxic imagery.
Genres: african-american, 21st-century, photography, art-history, academic, cultural-studies
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: critique, subversive
Period: Colonial Era, Contemporary
203 pages · Hardcover · SPBH Editions
Content warnings: racism