What Does It Mean to Be White

Developing White Racial Literacy

Bibliographic Data

ID19929038
AuthorsRobin DiAngelo (corresponding author), Robin J DiAngelo
Year2016
Pages368
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueWhat does it mean to be white? (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPeter Lang US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3726/978-1-4539-1848-7
OpenAlexW562809936
Open LibraryOL46055136M
ISBN9781453918487
LanguageEN
Citations received61

does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless yet is deeply divided by race? In the face of pervasive racial inequality and segregation, most whites cannot answer that question. Robin DiAngelo argues that a number of factors make this question difficult for whites miseducation about what racism is; ideologies such as individualism and colorblindness; defensiveness; and a need to protect (rather than expand) our worldviews. These factors contribute to what she terms white racial illiteracy. Speaking as a white person to other white people, Dr. DiAngelo clearly and compellingly takes readers through an analysis of white socialization. She describes how race shapes the lives of white people, explains what makes racism so hard for whites to see, identifies common white racial patterns, and speaks back to popular white narratives that work to deny racism. Written as an accessible introduction to white identity from an anti-racist framework, What Does It Mean To Be White? is an invaluable resource for members of diversity and anti-racism programs and study groups and students of sociology, psychology, education, and other disciplines

Art · Biology · Ideology · Individualism · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Psychometrics of racism · Racial formation theory · Racial hierarchy · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation) · White supremacy · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies · Alltag · Education · Fremdbild · Mentalit at · Mentalität · Race identity · race relations · Rassismus · Selbstbild · Social aspects · Wei e · Wei€e · White people · Whites

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