“Ano-nonsensecalltoactionforallthosewillingtoconfronttheircomplicity,GoodWhiteRacist?promises’Thisisgoingtobehard,andyouaregoingtobeuncomfortable.Butitwillbeworthit.’“-ForewordReviews\good-white-racist\nounAwell-intentionedpersonofEuropeandescentwhoisnonethelesscomplicitinacultureofsystemicracismAwhitepersonwhowouldratherstaycomfortablethandotheworkofantiracismWhenitcomestorace,mostwhiteAmericansareobsessedwithtwothings:defendingourowninherentgoodnessandmaintainingourowncomfortlevels.Toooften,thismeanswhitepeopleassumethattoberacist,onehastobeopenlyhatefulandwillfullydiscriminatory--youknow,abadperson.Andweknowwe’regood,Christianpeople,right?Butyoudon’thavetobewearingawhitehoodorshoutingracialepithetstobecomplicitinAmerica’sracisthistoryanditsongoingsystemicinequality.InGoodWhiteRacist?,KerryConnellyexposesthewayswhitepeopleparticipatein,benefitfrom,andunknowinglyperpetuateracism--despitetheirbest“goodperson“intentions.GoodWhiteRacist?unpacksthesystemsthatmaintainthestatusquo,keepwhitepeoplecomfortableandcomplicit,andperpetuateracismintheUnitedStatesandelsewhere.CombiningscholarlyresearchwithhertrademarkNewJerseysnark,Connellyshowsusthateventhoughitmaynotbeourfaultorchoicetoparticipateinaracistsystem,wealldo,andit’sourresponsibilitytodosomethingaboutit.
