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White Race Discourse - Preserving Racial Privilege in a Post-Racial Society (Paperback)
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White Race Discourse - Preserving Racial Privilege in a Post-Racial Society (Paperback)
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The election of Barack Obama as president led some to suggest that
not only has US society made significant strides toward racial
equality, but it has moved beyond race or become "post-racial." In
fact, studies have exposed numerous contradictions between the ways
white Americans answer questions on surveys and how they respond to
similar questions during in-depth interviews. How do we make sense
of these contradictions? In White Race Discourse: Preserving Racial
Privilege in a Post-Racial Society, John D. Foster examines the
numerous contradictions sixty-one white college students exhibit as
they discuss a variety of race matters. Foster demonstrates that
the whites interviewed possess a sophisticated method of
communication to come across as ambivalent, tolerant, and innocent,
while simultaneously expressing their intolerance, fear, and
suspicion of nonwhite Americans. Whether intended or not, this
ambivalence assists in efforts to preserve social inequities while
failing to address racial injustices. While many scholars have
written about the "racetalk" of whites, few have succeeded in
bridging both the theoretical and methodological gaps between
whiteness scholars and discourse analysts. White Race Discourse
presents evidence that these white Americans are "bureaucrats of
whiteness" in that they defend the racial status quo through their
discourse. It will be a valuable addition to the library of
students and scholars of race studies and linguistics who research
US race relations and discourse analysis.
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