Subject: RE: White mens problems 
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:42:13 -0700


Hi:

I know of two books which, although they are specific to the experiences of
American men, may be of interest to you. Stiffed: The Betrayal of the
American Man (Morrow, William & Co., October 1999) by Susan Faludi and The
Hidden Wound (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1970) by Wendell Berry. I haven't read
Faludi's work (although it's on my reading list), but the second one is a
fascinating, first-person account from the perspective of a white Kentucky
farmer and poet of the scars which he has had to bear from racist,
discriminatory actions. A quote from this text:  "If the white man has
inflicted the wound of racism upon black men, the cost has been that he
would receive the mirror image of that wound into himself . . . I want to
know, as fully and exactly as i can, what the wound is and how much I am
suffering from it. And I want to be cured . . . "

Best

Colleen

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Subject: White mens problems


At the moment I am interested about white mens problems. I am a white,
Finnish
woman whose partner is African. Here in Finland we have confronted many
different racist attacts, including from my brother and father. I do belong
to
WILDER-list where has been lots of this stuff talked about.

I am more interested in theoretical points of views. I have read lots of
books
on racism and whiteness, but so far I havent found a book which deals with
psygological issues, such as jealousness. I know Frantz Fanon, but he deals
more with postcolonial subject and I am interested in whiteness studies. I
have
ordered Anne McClintocks  Imperial Leather, but are there any other good
sources? I really think racism and fear of black (man) and jealousness are
white
mens problems.

Thanks in advance
Jonna Roos, jonna.roos-AT-helsinki.fi

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me
must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it
bruised
or misunderstood.
- Audre Lorde -


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