SDCC Library: Social Justice Online Resources: White Privilege

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Selected Ebooks

The constraint of race : legacies of white skin privilege in America
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2003
White Men on Race: Power, Privilege, and the Shaping of Cultural Consciousness
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2004
Habits of Whiteness: a Pragmatist Reconstruction by Terrance Macmullan Habits of Whiteness offers a new way to talk about race and racism by focusing on racial habits and how to change them. According to Terrance MacMullan, the concept of racial whiteness has undermined attempts to create a truly democratic society in the United States. By getting to the core of the racism that lives on in unrecognized habits, MacMullan argues clearly and charitably for white folk to recognize the distance between their color-blind ideals and their actual behavior. Revitalizing the work of W. E. B. Du Bois and John Dewey, MacMullan shows how it is possible to reconstruct racial habits and close the gap between people. This forthright and persuasive analysis of the impulses of whiteness ultimately reorganizes them into something more compatible with our country's increasingly multicultural heritage.
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2014
Being White in the Helping Professions: Developing Effective Intercultural Awareness In this reflective yet practical book, the author challenges white helping professionals to recognize their own cultural identity and the impact it has when practising in a multicultural environment. Ryde offers a model for 'white awareness' in a diverse society and offers advice on how to implement white awareness training in an organization.
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2009

Selected Articles

From EBSCOhost. These are just a few. Access via the A-Z Databases List.

Massingale, B. N. (2020, June 12). What to do about white privilege: Amy Cooper knew exactly what she was doing. We all do. And that’s the problem. National Catholic Reporter, 56(18), 1–11.

Simson, D. (2019). Whiteness as Innocence. Denver Law Review, 96(3), 635–698.

Adeyemi, T., & Schneider, C. (2019). How Woke Are You? O, The Oprah Magazine, 100

Mowry, M. J. (2017). How White Privilege is Holding Back NH. Business NH Magazine, 34(10), 55.

Calathes, W. (2017). Racial capitalism and punishment philosophy and practices: what really stands in the way of prison abolition. Contemporary Justice Review, 20(4), 442–455. https://doi-org.sdcity.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/10282580.2017.1383774

Kupfer, T. (2018). What’s the Matter with White Liberals? National Review, 70(23), 31

Edwards, J. F. (2017). Color-blind racial attitudes: Microaggressions in the context of racism and White privilege. Administrative Issues Journal: Education, Practice & Research, 7(1), 5–18. https://doi-org.sdcity.idm.oclc.org/10.5929/2017.7.1.3

Bonds, A., & Inwood, J. (2016). Beyond white privilege. Progress in Human Geography, 40(6), 715–733. https://doi-org.sdcity.idm.oclc.org/10.1177/0309132515613166

Esposito, L., & Romano, V. (2016). Benevolent Racism and the Co-Optation of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Western Journal of Black Studies, 40(3), 161–173

Selected Streaming Video

From Films on Demand. These are just a few. Access via the A-Z Databases List.

Films Media Group. (2014). #Crimingwhilewhite, #alivewhileblack hashtags raise questions about race and white privilege. Films On Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97701&xtid=95263

Films Media Group. (2015). Are you racist? Films On Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97701&xtid=186715.

Films Media Group. (2006). What's race got to do with it? Films On Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97701&xtid=165973.