Chapter Review
The idealism of race and property has existed since the early 20th century. The individual's race determined the economic, political, and social security. The author’s grandmother struggles with survival with two children living as a single mother. Eventually, she hides her identity as a Black woman at workplaces dominated by whites in order to secure her job. Her story illustrates the valorization of whiteness as treasured property in a society built on a racial castle (Harris, 1993). White supremacy over the Black people and Native American people transformed whiteness from color, to race, to status, and eventually to ...