George Lipsitz Book order (chronological)

Exploring the profound impact of housing discrimination, George Lipsitz reveals its role in perpetuating racial and class inequalities in America. He presents extensive research showing how residential segregation leads to significant health and wealth disparities, particularly affecting marginalized communities. Through compelling analysis, Lipsitz highlights the complicity of various societal actors in maintaining these injustices. The book serves as a critical call to dismantle systemic discrimination to align with democratic values, making it essential reading for understanding contemporary racial issues.

The twentieth anniversary edition of this book about how white people profit from identity politics includes new chapters and extended discussions of political whiteness, vigilante violence, police misconduct and white flight, white fright, white fragility and white fear--

This insightful examination delves into the pervasive nature of white supremacy, highlighting how white individuals benefit from identity politics and systemic privileges. It challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths about societal structures and their implications, urging a critical reflection on race and power dynamics. By unpacking the complexities of privilege, the book aims to foster a deeper understanding of the systemic inequalities that persist in contemporary society.

This book tells the story of Ivory Perry, a black worker and community activist who, for more than thirty years, has distributed the leaflets, carried the picket signs, and planned and participated in the confrontations that were essential to the success of protest movements. Using oral histories and extensive archival research, George Lipsitz examines the culture of opposition through the events of Perry's life of commitment and illumines the social and political changes and conflicts that have convulsed the United States during the past fifty years. George Lipsitz is Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego. The author of six books, he most recently published "Rainbow at Midnight: Labor and Culture in the 1940s".