Geographies of whiteness

The active construction of racialized privilege in Buffalo, New York

Bibliographic Data

ID3978226
AuthorsJacqueline A Housel, Jacqueline Housel (0000-0002-3137-887X, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume10
Issue2
Pages131-151
Publication date2009-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649360802652095
OpenAlexW2035936313
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited19

In this paper, I examine the notion of privilege as it relates to whiteness. The argument that racial privilege is actively constructed in the micro-geographies of everyday life is based on a case study conducted in Buffalo, New York. In this study, I analyze the narrated experiences of white elderly, primarily female, residents of a changing urban neighborhood. To capture the interrelationships between racial privilege and place, I used multi-methods research which included surveys, mental maps, travel diaries, interviews, and participation observation. The stories told are detailed accounts of the ways in which these white elderly residents cope with a slipping away of their white privilege through learning new boundaries of privilege, devising strategies for coping with their changed neighborhood, and reclaiming, in part, their previously held privileges. I propose that whiteness and its attendant privilege is not just about who you are, but where you are

Argument (complex analysis · Criminology · Political science · Privilege (computing · Race (biology · Sociology · White (mutation · White privilege · Gender Studies · Law · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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