About Eric Goldstein

Professor Eric L. Goldstein holds a joint appointment in the Department of History and the Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University and is the recent author of The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity (Princeton, 2006).

Jews Still “Acting Black” in 2007: From White Negro to Jewish Hipster

By Eric Goldstein November 26, 2007

The death of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer has cast attention back on some of his early essays, including “The White Negro,” an influential piece that first appeared in Dissent magazine in 1957. Written during a period he described as … Read More