The White Privilege In Diangelo And Sensoy

and white privilege and white supremacy. Race, Racism, Prejudice and Discrimination Sensoy & DiAngelo (2014) define race as a complex socially constructed system of categories of people based on phenotype with boundaries that can change over time. They describe race as” one of the most charged issues in society due to pervasive miseducation, lack of productive language” (p. 97). Racism occurs when one racial group, such as whites, dominates over others and is a form of

the mirror. He called this the “looking glass self” and it is not a one dimensional reflection but instead a multidimensional reflection where we see our racial identity and it makes us who we are (p.24). That can either be young or old, black, or white, rich or poor, straight or gay, Christian or atheist, healthy or sick… To try and understand who you are and what factors make up you there are many questions to ask yourself. Are you part of a minority or are you the majority? Did you grow up in the

whiteness as a social construct that includes white culture, ideology, racialization, experiences and emotions, we can understand that CWS “focuses on problematizing the normality of hegemonic whiteness which has allowed whites to deflect, ignore or dismiss their role, racialization and privilege in race dynamics”

“Is Everyone really Equal” by Ozlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo is an introduction to building frameworks that will help students comprehend Social Justice courses more completely. This highlights the patterns and tensions that is caused by inequality within Society. It is important to view these courses through a critical lens and not necessarily through a personal one. Social justice courses are suppose to challenge mainstream ideologies; however when students are not prepared to hear this, they

unity over the differences. To fully understand the extent to which racial differences play a role in American society, we must first understand the prominence of prejudice and discrimination against minorities in the country. According to Sensoy and DiAngelo, we use prejudice to place people into groups that “make sense” based on gender, age, economic standing, and appearance. We use stereotypes along with prejudice to generate an understanding of a person without truly knowing them. We then discriminate