Understanding white privilege
Subtitle: creating pathways to authentic relationships across race
By: Frances E. Kendall.
Series: Teaching/learning for social justice
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Whites -- Race identity; Race discrimination -- United States; United States -- Race relations
Description: Considers how race can frame our experiences, relationships and the way in which we see the world, and offers suggestions for how differences of opportunity can be overcome. Focusing on racial privilege, Kendall explores sensitive issues through numerous stories and anecdotes to illustrate the dynamics of race relations in the U.S. today. From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginning with ourselves : the importance of doing our personal work; title: What's in it for us? why we would explore what it means to be white; title: What does it mean to be white?; title: Understanding white privilege; title: Barriers to clarity; title: Now that (I think) I understand white privilege, what do I do?; title: Talking about race : what if they call me a racist?; title: Building authentic relationships across race and becoming an ally : the challenge and necessity of making race our issue.