Through a rich depiction of the lives of white allies in a moment of race reckoning, Sunderman shows that to be an ally is to acknowledge and work through a set of predictable dilemmasto be simultaneously morally upright and inherently suspect, both knowledgeable and ignorant, both protagonist and antagonist. While not giving us any easy answers, Sunderman provides us with a template for white participation in anti-racist action, as well as a sophisticated theory of what allyship means. - Iddo Tavory, Professor of Sociology, New York University; Editor, Sociological Theory
In Sundermans revealing interviews with whites in the anti-racism movement, he explores the process of moving from bystander to ally in the struggle for racial justice. Am I self-protective or open? Is shame or guilt part of this work or does it get in the way? Sunderman takes a deep dive into the emotional issues that arise in addressing an urgent issue: how do we scale up and move toward? - Arlie Russell Hochschild, Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of California Berkeley; Author of Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
