Lauren at feministe has taken the challenge of writing about whiteness very seriously. She writes not only of her perceptions but of the history that shaped them. She writes of "whiteness" and "Whiteness," a distinction I totally understand.
This is a long essay. It's a serious essay. It's a painfully honest essay. It's an essay well worth your time, from a woman that is a writer (one of the highest compliments I can think of), as well as a blogger