The Death of White Guilt

The Death of White Guilt

. . . American white guilt, if it exists at all, for the most part would be a deep, psychological element, a limited collective subconscious belief that because of centuries of slavery followed by a century of discrimination and segregation whites should do something, anything to compensate blacks.

And what better way to accomplish that compensation than by voting for a black to be the leader of all Americans, whites and blacks alike?

All of that is prelude to a new book, The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter, which should alleviate some of the angst associated with any remnants of white guilt.

Painter, a black woman who is also the author of Creating Black Americans: African-American History and its Meanings 1619 to the Present, believes race in America is a dead issue. Therefore, there’s no longer any necessity to obsess over black vs. white or to feel any guilt about any collective past.

Why a black historian better known as an artist would undertake . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1588)