Unlikely Allies in the Academy Women of Color and White Women in Conversation

Foreword

Ronald B. Scott

Preface

PART I: Origins, Problems and the Need for Conversation

1. What Makes Cross-Race Alliances Unlikely? Angelina E. Castagno, Marquita T. Chamblee, Pamela Huang Chao, Karen L. Dace, LouAnn Gerken, Liz Leckie, Kristi Ryujin, Theresa L. Torres, Malia Villegas and Rachelle Winkle-Wagner
2. A White Woman Talks to White Women, Frances E. Kendall

PART II: Women of Color Talk

3. On Friendship, Kinship and Skinship: Healing Relationships Between Indigenous and White Women Scholars, Adreanne Ormond and Malia Villegas
4. The Whiteness of Truth and the Presumption of Innocence, Karen L. Dace
5. On Becoming Allies: Opportunities and Challenges in Creating Alliances Between White Women and Women of Color in the Academy, Marquita T. Chamblee
6. A Latina Testimonio: Challenges as an Academic, Issues of Difference and a Call for Solidarity with White Female Academics, Theresa L. Torres
7. What Do I Do With All of Your Tears? Karen L. Dace

PART III: White Women Talk

8. Too Much History Between Us, Peggy McIntosh
9. Friends in Deed, Friendship Indeed? Liz Leckie
10. Moments of Suspension and Other Instances of Whiteness in the Academy, Angelina E. Castagno
11. Using Tenure as a White Woman: Speaking Truth to Power, Marybeth Gasman　

PART IV: Women of Color and White Women in Conversation

12. Are We There Yet? Trust, Faith and the Power of a Common Goal, Kristi Ryujin and Martha Sonntag Bradley
13. Twins Separated at Birth? Critical Moments in Cross-Race Mentoring Relationships, Stephanie A. Fryberg and LouAnn Gerken
14. Play on White: The Intimate Politics of (Be)Longing, Karen Lee Ashcraft and Lisa A. Flores
15. What’s Love Got to Do With It? Pamela Huang Chao and Elizabeth Cassanos
16. Race at First Sight: The Funding of Racial Scripts Between Black and White Women, Lori D. Patton and Rachelle Winkle-Wagner

Contributors

Biography

Karen L. Dace is Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

"This must-read book for all, in and out of the academy, opens with the contributors' candid responses about the status of cross-race relations among women and the challenges associated with creating alliances across race. Five women of color and four white women pull readers in as they engage in conversations, inviting readers to listen to and continue the discussions across campuses. These conversations are long overdue; it is time for dialogue. Summing up: Essential." - A. A. Hodge, Buffalo State College in CHOICE

"This book is a critical addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in the dynamics of interracial feminist alliances or the role those alliances play in creating more a more just academy." - On Campus with Women

"The brave contributors to this project expose what separates women of Color and White women in the academy. They take this discussion a step further, doing the heavy lifting of communicating honestly and directly with the goals of, at least, mutual understanding. Women of Color and White women are provided an opportunity and may, following the lead provided here, move from unlikely to probable allies working together to make the system inclusive." - From the foreword by Ronald B. Scott, Associate Professor of Communication and Associate Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Miami University

"In Unlikely Allies in the Academy, Dace and her colleagues present raw and disconcerting realities that many of us will recognize as our truth in managing relationships between women of color and white women. The authors have placed themselves in the vulnerable position of being judged for their own progress in becoming allies, making this volume full of significant lessons for us all." - Anna Ortiz, Professor of Educational Leadership, California State University, Long Beach