Tochluk concludes by having the readers take a look at their own lives. She provides questions to help readers discover the segregation that exists in their routines and personal relationships. After looking deep within themselves, the reader can continue on to discover Tochluk’s suggestions for how white people can grow as allies and foster supportive communities.
Tochluk’s work will have a tremendous effect on any reader who picks it up. If you identify as white, it will open your eyes to race issues in your everyday life that you unknowingly ignore. It will also make you stop and think about the way in which you view the subject of race all together. While reading you will find the personal stories Tochluk collected to bring out your own similar revelations and memories. Even though I have read other books and articles on the subject of whiteness, Witnessing Whiteness still brought about new perspectives and personal understandings of what it means to be white and what I can do to serve as an ally to others around me.
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