"Response to a "White Discourse on White Racism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9731007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W E D Allen (0000-0003-0650-9441, Michigan State University, corresponding author), W B Allen (corresponding author), WB Allen (James Madison College, Michigan State University, 367 Case Hall, East Lansing, MI 48825-1205. He specializes in American government, political philsophy, and constitutional law) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 11-13 |
| Publication date | 1993-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Researcher (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X |
| Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3102/0013189x022008011 |
| OpenAlex | W2053631259 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
I would prefer not to respond to the Discourse on White Racism, but I am constrained to do so. I do not wish to address the question because Scheurich's essay confirms my opinion that America does not need a discourse on race. Rather, America needs to transcend the discourse on race. Nevertheless, I am constrained by a circumstance that imposes on my conscience. For the (or at least an) apparent source of the reflections in this essay is a statement that originated with me. As a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from 1987 through 1992, I initiated and ultimately participated in authoring the statement from which the epigraph to Scheurich's essay was drawn. Insofar as the author takes that epigraph to announce the theme of the essay, he largely, if not completely, misunderstood the point. Focusing attention on rising tensions ought to eventuate in a renewed resolve to remove race and ethnicity as points of moral reference in our society. Many, however, believe that race/ethnicity constitutes the unique point of moral reference, even on the side of the angels. This has occurred, I believe, on account of profound and gradual reorientations in our understanding of education. The theme of this response, accordingly, is that every effort to root education in the confirmation or elaboration of fundamen
Discourse analysis · Linguistics · Racial bias · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation · White privilege · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2008 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |