The Two Different Worlds of Black and White Fraternity Men
Visibility and Accountability as Mechanisms of Privilege
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2365368 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Ray (0000-0003-1735-9194, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD, USA, corresponding author), Jason A Rosow (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66-94 |
| Publication date | 2012-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0891241611431700 |
| OpenAlex | W2153497349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 39 |
| References cited | 52 |
There has been limited empirical research on how individuals "do privilege." As a result, our understandings are incomplete about how high-status groups continue reaping the benefits of privilege. Using data from fifty-two men in three white and four black fraternities at a predominately white institution, this paper demonstrates that visibility and accountability function as mechanisms of privilege. Because of a large community size, central fraternity house, and influential alumni, white fraternity men are afforded a hyper level of invisibility and unaccountability. Because of the small black community and the obligation black fraternity men perceive having to be the ideal black student, they reap a hyper level of visibility and accountability based on expectations from and interactions with a host of others (e.g., university officials, white students, black community, women). By showing how high-status whites epitomize an ideal white racial identity and preserve inter- and intraracial boundaries, we advance theoretical discussions on hegemonic whiteness
Accountability · Fraternity · Hegemony · Ideal (ethics · Identity (music · Institution · Political science · Politics · Privilege (computing · Racism · Social science · Sociology · White (mutation · White privilege · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Law · Social and Cultural Dynamics
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |