Co-whites how and why white women betrayed the struggle for racial equality in the United States

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-331) and index.

A brief literature review -- Women in western & non-western societies -- Women in post-Civil War United States: Reconstruction through Jim Crow -- White women & African American women: friends or foes? -- White women/African American women & the two wars -- White women & the Civil Rights movement -- White women & affairmative action -- Affirmative action & and the myth of "reverse discriminiation" -- White men & the feminist/women's liberation movement -- White women & racism in the United States -- White women & the socialization of white children -- White women & the socialization of African American children -- The end of white supremacy.