2nd Edition

Understanding White Privilege Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race

By Frances Kendall Copyright 2013
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Knowingly and unknowingly we all grapple with race every day. Understanding White Privilege delves into the complex interplay between race, power, and privilege in both organizations and private life. It offers an unflinching look at how ignorance can perpetuate privilege, and offers practical and thoughtful insights into how people of all races can work to break this cycle. Based on thirty... Read more

Chapter One: Beginning with Ourselves: The Importance of Doing Our Personal Work
Chapter Two: What’s In It For Us? Why We Would Explore What It Means to Be White
Chapter Three: What Does It Mean to Be White?
Chapter Four: Understanding White Privilege
Chapter Five: How White Women Reinforce the Supremacy of Whiteness
Chapter Six: Barriers to Clarity: What Keeps White People from Being Able to See Our Whiteness, and, Therefore, Our Privilege?
Chapter Seven: Now that (I Think) I Understand White Privilege, What Do I Do?
Chapter Eight: Talking about Race: What If They Call Me a Racist?
Chapter Nine: Talking About Whiteness and Being White
Chapter Ten: Becoming an Ally and Building Authentic Relationships Across Race: The Challenge and Necessity of Making Race Our Issue

 

Biography

Frances E. Kendall is a nationally known consultant who focuses on organizational change and communication, specializing in issues of diversity, social justice, and white privilege.