{"product_id":"well-intentioned-whiteness-book-chhaya-kolavalli-9780820364094","title":"Well-Intentioned Whiteness","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book documents how whiteness can take up space in U.S. cities and policies through well-intentioned progressive policy agendas that support green urbanism. Through in-depth ethnographic research in Kansas City, Chhaya Kolavalli explores how urban food projects--central to the city's approach to green urbanism--are conceived and implemented and how they are perceived by residents of food deserts, those intended to benefit\u003cbr\u003efrom these projects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough her analysis, Kolavalli examines the narratives and histories that mostly white local food advocates are guided by and offers an alternative urban history of Kansas City--one that centers the contributions of Black and brown residents to urban prosperity. She also highlights how displacement of communities of color, through green development, has historically been a key urban development strategy in the city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWell-Intentioned Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e shows how a myopic focus on green urbanism, as a solution to myriad urban problems, ends up reinforcing racial inequity and uplifting structural whiteness. In this context, fine-grained analysis of how whiteness takes up space in our cities--even through progressive policy agendas--is more\u003cbr\u003eimportant. Kolavalli examines this process intimately and, in so doing, fleshes out our understanding of how racial inequities can be (re)created by everyday urban actors.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50363689304337,"sku":"CIN0820364096G","price":31.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51008330957073,"sku":"NIN9780820364094","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0820364096.jpg?v=1750947285","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/well-intentioned-whiteness-book-chhaya-kolavalli-9780820364094","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}