I ask this b/c in a seminar I took, white students struggled w writing their diversity statements b/c they seemed to approach it as a task about how to show how they were “diverse,” instead of seeing it as a way of showing how they actively confront white supremacy in classrooms
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It’s important to remember that whiteness isn’t a default and that whiteness, like other racial categories, was constructed. Unpacking power is just as important as looking at oppression. Until white ppl are comfortable looking at their own whiteness, academia will stay the same
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And by no means is this me saying that white scholars can’t write about BIPOC, but I think it takes white scholars who REALLY understand their positionality to do so. And honestly I haven’t met many. I still feel like there is still a huge white gaze in scholarship and DEI work.
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Update: Thank you for the great discussions and resources that many of you contributed to the thread! I hope that we continue such discussions in our own departments and learn how to talk about whiteness without centering whiteness.
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A number of scholars did whiteness studies in the 90s. I’m not sure why people aren’t revisiting that work now, but it’s a good idea, especially to educate white people who don’t see themselves as being raced.
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Roediger, et al. More recently, scholars have looked at becoming white (from Irish to Italian to Slovene....)
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Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Yep. I constantly (I’m in clinical mental health grad school) include in my myriad of baggage that it’s all easier only because of my skin and that others who’ve faced the same, if not worse, suffer worse fates and less care in medical settings
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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I just finished listening to the excellent “Seeing White” podcast from
@SceneOnRadio. I’m not sure I would have understood this tweet before listening to it. 48 and working on unpacking my whiteness.Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Tried, esp considering (in engineering) dangerous tendency for white male design teams to design for white male users. In aviation (my field) cockpits were historically not designed for, e.g. lower body mass and functional reach. "We" were excluding others thoughtlessly.
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Underexplored topics, but not ignored - safety critical operating and safety data written in narrow cultural paradigms. And heard story of a racist hand dryer! White design team found automatic switch worked - but nobody tested it on other skin tones. Wouldn't dry black hands!
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