{"product_id":"9781429932899","title":"White Lies: Race and the Myths of Whiteness","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed work that debunks our myths and false assumptions about race in America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaurice Berger grew up hypersensitized to race in the charged environment of New York City in the sixties. His father was a Jewish liberal who worshiped Martin Luther King, Jr.; his mother a dark-skinned Sephardic Jew who hated black people. Berger himself was one of the few white kids in his Lower East Side housing project.\u003cbr\u003eBerger's unusual experience--and his determination to examine the subject of race for its multiple and intricate meanings--makes \u003ci\u003eWhite Lies\u003c\/i\u003e a fresh and startling book.\u003cbr\u003eBerger has become a passionate observer of race matters, searching out the subtle and not-so-subtle manifestations of racial meaning in everyday life. In \u003ci\u003eWhite Lies\u003c\/i\u003e, he encourages us to reckon with our own complex and often troubling opinions about race. The result is an uncommonly honest and affecting look at race in America today--free of cant, surprisingly entertaining, unsettled and unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154177769712,"sku":"9781429932899","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429932899_p0.jpg?v=1769901467","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429932899","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}