Whiteness as personal identity is a modern historical invention

Evidence

The second quote, taken from an essay by the psychologist Robert Carter, enrages me since it illustrates the tendency mentioned above to give substance to the notion of “race” as a static and unchangeable fact of identity that marks groups of people for life regardless of their behavior and beliefs; in my view this undermines the whole project of demonstrating that whiteness is an exclusive social category produced through history. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 766 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Whiteness is the load-bearing fiction behind America’s racial architecture. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 65; No American can actually prove they are white because whiteness is a fiction — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 63; Whiteness is a constructed American identity whose real prize was class admission — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 66 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Race as static identity undermines the case that whiteness is socially produced #complicates (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 766