George Lipsitz

George Lipsitz is an American Studies Scholar and a Professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the author of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness. He is a lead scholar in social movements, urban culture, inequality, the politics of popular culture, and Whiteness Studies. In addition to The Possessive Investment in Whiteness, he has written Midnight at the Barrelhouse, Footsteps in the Dark, A Life in the Struggle, Time Passages, Dangerous Crossroads, American Studies in a Moment of Danger, Rainbow at Midnight, Sidewalks of St. Louis, and Class & Culture in Cold War America.[1]

Lipsitz serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African American Policy Forum[2] and is on the board of the National Fair Housing Alliance. He edits the Critical American Series for University of Minnesota Press, and co-edits the American Crossroads series for University of California Press.[1]

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  1. ^ a b John Carlos Rowe (17 May 2010). A Concise Companion to American Studies. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 12–. ISBN 9781405109246. http://books.google.com/books?id=XkA2rdpS0JIC&pg=PR12. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Gail Dines; Jean McMahon Humez (9 December 2010). Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Critical Reader. SAGE Publications. p. 667. ISBN 9781412974417. http://books.google.com/books?id=VkuM0JdHwhYC&pg=PA667. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 

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