#problem of whiteness

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University of Wisconsin-Madison is now offering a course on “The Problem of Whiteness” and Republican legislators are LOSING IT

Say it with us: White fragility. To many, the course might seem like an interesting — and constructive — exercise, especially given the rise of the alt-right movement and the post-election racial tensions. It's being offered at a university where the overwhelming majority of the student population identifies as white and only 2% of the students are Black.

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"The Problem of Whiteness" a Racially Biased Course Being Taught by the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2017

“The Problem of Whiteness” a Racially Biased Course Being Taught by the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2017

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is slated to offer a new course called “The Problem of Whiteness.” Imagine a racially biased course being taught about any other race or ethnicity that describes their race as “problematic.” It wouldn’t happen. The course is scheduled to be taught in 2017 but Assistant Professor Damon Sajnani, in the African Cultural Studies department. Sajnani will also be…

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Racism is grounded in a binary relation of difference in which whiteness is the dominant term. Racism functions by privileging whiteness. To fail to question this privilege is to leave intact the binary oppositions on which racist discourse is founded.

Chris Weedon: "Race, Racism, and the Problem of Whiteness" from Feminism, Theory, and the Politics of Difference.