The End of White America

Title

The End of White America

Description

The Election of Barack Obama is just the most startling manifestation of a larger trend: the gradual erosion of “whiteness” as the touchstone of what it means to be American. If the end of white America is a cultural and demographic inevitability, what will the new mainstream look like—and how will white Americans fit into it? What will it mean to be white when whiteness is no longer the norm? And will a post-white America be less racially divided—or more so?

Subject

Identity and mass media
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature

Creator

Hua Hsu

Date

January/February 2009

Language

English

Type

Text

Coverage

United States of America

Comments

Citation

Hua Hsu, “The End of White America,” Antiracism Digital Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://sacred.omeka.net/items/show/28.