Devon Carbado is Professor of Law at University of California, Los Angeles. Mitu Gulati is Professor of Law at Duke University.

• Introduction: Acting White, Acting Black, and Doing A Lot of Work ; 1. Why Act White? ; 2. Talking White ; 3. Acting Like a Black Woman ; 4. Acting Like a White Woman ; 5. (Not) Acting Criminal ; 6. Acting Diverse ; 7. Acting Within the Law ; 8. Acting White to Help Other Blacks ; Conclusion: Judging the Acting

Courageous, poignant, and amusing too, Acting White? takes us deep into the way racial identity operates in everyday life. Carbado and Gulati focus on 'working identity' and explore the 'racial double binds' that blacks-and others too-confront today. Intersectionality figures prominently as well: gender and class dynamics receive serious attention. The treatment of Barack Obama's racial identity is particularly valuable. A brilliant analysis of how race is experienced: in the workplace, in the university, on TV, and in racial profiling, Acting White does some deep racial theorizing in a very approachable way.

Devon Carbado is Professor of Law at University of California, Los Angeles. Mitu Gulati is Professor of Law at Duke University.

• Introduction: Acting White, Acting Black, and Doing A Lot of Work ; 1. Why Act White? ; 2. Talking White ; 3. Acting Like a Black Woman ; 4. Acting Like a White Woman ; 5. (Not) Acting Criminal ; 6. Acting Diverse ; 7. Acting Within the Law ; 8. Acting White to Help Other Blacks ; Conclusion: Judging the Acting

Courageous, poignant, and amusing too, Acting White? takes us deep into the way racial identity operates in everyday life. Carbado and Gulati focus on 'working identity' and explore the 'racial double binds' that blacks-and others too-confront today. Intersectionality figures prominently as well: gender and class dynamics receive serious attention. The treatment of Barack Obama's racial identity is particularly valuable. A brilliant analysis of how race is experienced: in the workplace, in the university, on TV, and in racial profiling, Acting White does some deep racial theorizing in a very approachable way.

Devon Carbado is Professor of Law at University of California, Los Angeles. Mitu Gulati is Professor of Law at Duke University.

• Introduction: Acting White, Acting Black, and Doing A Lot of Work ; 1. Why Act White? ; 2. Talking White ; 3. Acting Like a Black Woman ; 4. Acting Like a White Woman ; 5. (Not) Acting Criminal ; 6. Acting Diverse ; 7. Acting Within the Law ; 8. Acting White to Help Other Blacks ; Conclusion: Judging the Acting

Courageous, poignant, and amusing too, Acting White? takes us deep into the way racial identity operates in everyday life. Carbado and Gulati focus on 'working identity' and explore the 'racial double binds' that blacks-and others too-confront today. Intersectionality figures prominently as well: gender and class dynamics receive serious attention. The treatment of Barack Obama's racial identity is particularly valuable. A brilliant analysis of how race is experienced: in the workplace, in the university, on TV, and in racial profiling, Acting White does some deep racial theorizing in a very approachable way.