Unlikely allies in the academy: women of color and white women in conversation

Pt. I. Origins, problems, and the need for conversation : 1. What makes cross-race alliances unlikely? / Angelina E. Castagno, Marquita T. Chamblee, Pamela Huang Chao, Karen L. Dace, Louann Gerken, Liz Leckie, Kristi Ryujin, Theresa L. Torres, Malia Villegas and Rachelle Winkle-Wagner ; 2. A white woman talks to white women / Frances E. Kendall

Pt. II. Women of color talk : 3. On friendship, kinship, and skinship: healing relationships between indigenous and white women scholars / Malia Villegas and Adreanne Ormond ; 4. The whiteness of truth and the presumption of innocence / Karen L. Dace ; 5. On becoming allies: opportunities and challenges in creating alliances between white women and women of color in the academy / Marquita T. Chamblee ; 6. A Latina Testimonio: challenges as an academic, issues of difference, and a call for solidarity with white female academics / Theresa L. Torres ; 7. What do I do with all of your tears? / Karen L. Dace

Pt. III. White women talk : 8. Too much history between us / Peggy McIntosh ; 9. Friends in deed, friendship indeed? / Liz Leckie ; 10. Moments of suspension and other instances of whiteness in the academy / Angelina E. Castagno ; 11. Using tenure as a white woman: speaking truth to power / Marybeth Gasman

Pt. IV. Women of color and white women in conversation : 12. Are we there yet?: trust, faith, and the power of a common goal / Kristi Ryujin and Martha Sonntag Bradley ; 13. Twins separated at birth?: critical moments in cross-race mentoring relationships / Stephanie A. Fryberg and Louann Gerken ; 14. Play on white: the intimate politics of (be)longing / Karen Lee Ashcraft and Lisa A. Flores ; 15. What's love got to do with it? / Pamela Huang Chao and Elizabeth Cassanos ; 16. Race at first sight: the funding of racial scripts between black and white women / Lori D. Patton and Rachelle Winkle-Wagner.