Critical Synthesis of "The 'Morphing' Properties of Whiteness” Within definitions and perceptions of race exists a dichotomy that Duster illuminates as inconsistent, transforming and historically Uneven representations of what the racial categorization of “white” represents. Oscillating between racial representations of “whiteness,” which embody a divergence between the fluidity of historical and social transformation and a false reflection of bigotry, disrespect, and intolerance, Duster distinguishes race as a race. collection of divergent biochemical, neurological, and social identities (Duster n.d.). Aware of the concessions shown to the “white” race, Duster denotes the inevitability of refuting the moral reality of “white” exclusivity and attempts to illuminate faltering conceptual perspectives on the topic. the “elementary truths” about race (Duster n.d.). Duster alludes to the need to use a balanced methodological approach towards a true understanding of the origins of racial stratification in America. Using the analogy of water evolving through progressive stages of fluidity, he denotes that race and the conceptual context of "whiteness" can reflect both the ebb and flow of progression through water, steam, and solids, but can also transform through stages simultaneous fluidity. social change. It is the evaluation of faltering prospects and timely progression that provides a balanced understanding of the breed. The recitations of the historical attempts initiated to biologically define the differences of race and ethnicity culminated in the “Revised UNESCO Declaration on Race” in 1995. The realization that ethnicity and race represent the culmination in more areas of commonality than in areas of difference, that manifest themselves in the...... middle of paper......y existing within the race, and relates his personal experiences to the transformative actions of his oppressors. what I considered an important void, that being an explanation of what entitled Duster to represent his race in an almost impervious “white” environment, particularly during the period before the civil rights movement. Duster's Exception laid out his overriding points of historical and social understanding that produced an excellent representative exposition of focused empirical truths presented with a lack of resonant racial overtones. ReferenceDuster, Troy (n.d.). Excerpt from “The 'morphous' properties of whiteness”. John Brueggemann (ed.). Inequalities in the United States; A Reader I, ed., pp.125-138). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.Hurst, Charles, E. 2013. Social Inequalities: Forms, Causes, and Consequences (8th ed). Boston, MA: Pearson.