Shades of White: White Kids and Racial Identities in High SchoolWhat does it mean to be young, American, and white at the dawn of the twenty first century? By exploring this question and revealing the everyday social processes by which high schoolers define white identities, Pamela Perry offers much needed insights into the social construction of race and whiteness among youth. Through ethnographic research and in depth interviews of students in two demographically distinct U. S. high schools one suburban and