Whither the White Working Class? A Comment on Khanna and Harris, “Discovering Race in a ‘Post-Racial’ World
Teaching Race through Primetime Television”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11623923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jack Niemonen (University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 236-241 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Teaching Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0092055x15586268 |
| OpenAlex | W1936191167 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
Even though I recognize the value of using the mass media to teach sociological concepts and reveal racial biases, I caution against the use of classroom exercises that are developed solely in the context of whiteness studies. Overarching statements of white privilege mask complex race-class interactions generally and the mass media’s stereotypical depictions of the white working class specifically. In this “conversation,” I explain why the use of the concept white privilege in and of itself obfuscates more than it reveals complex race-class interactions today
Class (philosophy · Context (archaeology · Conversation · Critical race theory · Epistemology · Mass media · Political science · Politics · Privilege (computing · Race (biology · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation · White privilege · Working class · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · History · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |