Whiteness Studies

Websites

Antiracism before Celebration -- a useful article by the Center for the Study of White American Culture about the role whites can and must play in addressing racism.

White Privilege -- This article discusses some of the daily effects of white privilege through the eyes of a white woman.

The Antiracist Alliance -- an organization committed to bringing "anti-racist structural power analysis to social service education and practice." They "move beyond a focus on the symptoms of racism to an understanding of what racism is, where it comes from, how it functions, why it persists and how it can be undone."

What Does Being White Have to Do with Diversity? -- "a topic that is sometimes left out of diversity discussions is the subject of "whiteness" -- what does it mean to be "white"? This becomes "interesting" when a white instructor is working in areas of diversity or when the topic of diversity is introduced to white students. This program explores such topics as white identity development, privilege, and guilt with a focus on how this information can be of use in the classroom."

Center for the Study of White American Culture -- the homepage for this organization that encourages whites to better understand their own cultures and their role in helping create a fair and just multicultural society.

Whiteness Studies: Deconstructing (the) Race -- a good article about whiteness studies as an "attempt to trace the economic and political history behind the invention of 'whiteness,' to attack the privileges given to so-called 'whites,' and to analyze the cultural practices (in art, music, literature, and popular media) that create and perpetuate notions of 'whiteness.'"

Teaching about Whiteness -- a set of ideas and activities for teaching about whiteness as a racial and cultural category -- especially useful when teaching about issues of race and racism.

Whiteness and White Privilege in the Media -- information about ways in which white privilege is reinforced and supported by the media.


Books and Articles

Bowser, B. & Hunt, R. 1996. Impacts of Racism on White Americans. Sage Publications.

Fine, M., Weis, L., Powell, L., & Wong, L. 1997. Off-White: Readings on Race, Power and Society. Routledge.

Kendall, F.  2012.  Understanding White Privilege.  Routledge.

Kincheloe, J., Steinberg, S., Rodriguez, N., & Chennault, R. 2000. Deploying Whiteness in America. St. Martin's Press.

Landsman, J. & Lewis, Ch. 2007. White Teachers/Diverse Classrooms DVD. Stylus Publishing.

Razack, S. 1998. Looking White People in the Eye: Gender, Race, and Culture in Courtrooms and Classrooms. University of Toronto Press.