ERIC Number: EJ813198
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 13
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"White Privilege": A Mild Critique
Blum, Lawrence
Theory and Research in Education, v6 n3 p309-321 2008
White privilege analysis has been influential in philosophy of education. I offer some mild criticisms of this largely salutary direction--its inadequate exploration of its own normative foundations, and failure to distinguish between "spared injustice", "unjust enrichment" and "non-injustice-related" privileges; its inadequate exploration of the actual structures of racial disparity in different domains (health, education, wealth); its tendency to deny or downplay differences in the historical and current experiences of the major racial groups; its failure to recognize important ethnic differences within racial groups; and its overly narrow implied political project that omits many ways that White people can contribute meaningfully to the cause of racial justice. (Contains 10 notes.)
Descriptors: Whites, Advantaged, Educational Philosophy, Social Justice, Moral Issues, Social Class, Ethnicity, Minority Groups, Social Structure, Racial Differences, Politics
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