Why I Didn 't Be An Angry White

Soon after this first incident, Chris and Rose arrive at her parent’s house and he is immediately welcomed. While touring the house, Rose’s father, Dean, tells Chris that “I would have voted for Obama for a third term if I could.” This statement is striking in revealing the true attitudes of white liberals; race no longer is an issue because a black man served as president (Silva 257). By vocally supporting Obama, white liberals are seemingly aligning themselves with blacks, in contrast to white conservatives that outright declare their hostility towards blacks. In essence, common expressions “I have black friends” or “I’m color blind” are used to appear neural and not a threat to blacks.

Tim Wise uses many different methods to make his case in his hour-long speech about white privilege. The first thing he does is appeals to his audience by pointing out the obvious fact that he is white, and continues to point

The wide range of vocabulary used in White Rage presents a notion to the readers that although Carol Anderson is very critical and biased

The article “The Great White Way” by Debra J. Dickerson attempts to show her readers that “Race is an arbitrary system for establishing hierarchy and privilege” (68) in America. In her article, Dickerson questions how “whiteness” leads America in our culture and society and how all the other races are defined in America. She also explains how history has divided whites from non-whites in America. The intended audience that Dickerson’s essay gravitated towards are political or liberal Americans. In her article “The Great White Way”. Debra J. Dickerson powerfully argues that race is an overall way to establish social classes and who and what get special privileges because of their certain race or skin color. Dickerson argues that “Race is

At the start of this semester we discuss an issue that has poisoned the dynamic of society in the United States since the beginning, white supremacy. For centuries, members of the white community have simply used the color of their skin to attain and remain in power. In my opinion, those that use their white privilege to partake in white supremacy are the only ones who benefit from this poison. White supremacy continues to be fueled in the United States, and plays just as big of a factor in today’s world as it did many years ago. There is no retaliation for uproars or

Moreover, Hsu states that people in America today no longer see being white as an advantage but as a cultural void and surmises that liberal white people are coping with this change by divesting themselves of their whiteness and

Flight from whiteness is more common, and many whites fear they are losing their country to minorities. Many voted for Donald Trump because they believe he will take away their fears. They also believe he will bring back their country the way it used to be. His victory in the 2016 presidential election brings white pride and power out of the shadows. A 37-year-old prison guard says that “Trump has eliminated the feeling of being afraid to speak your mind as a white man.” There is nothing wrong with being white.” Many videos on social media show white pride and power out of the shadows. One of those videos shows an 83-year-old Korean woman being push to the ground by a white woman who shouts “white power!” The white woman was not afraid to speak her mind. What she did was a cowardly act.

Racial superiority of whites was an ideology deeply ingrained, but the Democratic Party understood that it would be crucial to their campaign to “fan [the ember of bigotry] to full flame” (6). The major theme of the campaign became a mission to save white supremacy from “Negro domination.” Black men are portrayed as heinous and savage creatures that target the pure image of white women.

White Fragility is an essay by Robin DiAngelo that critiques the inner workings of how white majority population poorly converse and interacts with the racial social construct that resides in modern American culture. Not privileged with the opportunity to ignore racial tensions, blacks are ready to discuss the disadvantages they face daily in America’s white privileged culture. DiAngelo states that since whites have not had been forced to develop a mode of conversing about racial inequalities in black culture; therefore whites become uncomfortable, evasive, and angry. Because of evasive language when triggers such as “suggesting that a white person’s viewpoint comes from a racialized frame of reference”, the construct of white supremacy is

David R. Roediger displays the history of how the theory of “whiteness” has evolved throughout the years in America in his book, The Wages of Whiteness. According to Roediger, “whiteness” is much a constructed identity as “blackness” or any other. He argues that this idea of “whiteness” has absolutely nothing to do with the advantage of the economy, but that it is a psychological racial stereotype that was created by white men themselves. He claims that it is definitely true that racism should be set in class and economic contexts, also stating that “this book will argue that working class formation and the systematic development of a sense of whiteness, went hand in hand for the U.S white working class.” Roediger basically lays out the fact that “working class ‘whiteness’ and “white supremacy” are ideological and psychological creations of the white working class itself.

In this paper, I will be reviewing Robert Jensen’s “The Heart of Whiteness. Confronting Race, Racism, and White privilege”, along with developing a critical analysis of this work. I will be comparing my analysis with the opinions of others that have reviewed this book along with utilizing concepts from James W. Neulieps textbook, Intercultural Communication.

Whiteness is an integrative ideology that has transpired in North America throughout the late 20th century to contemporary society. It is a social construction that sustains itself as a dogma to social class and vindicates discrimination against non-whites. The power of whiteness is illustrated in social, cultural and political practices. These measures are recognized as the intent standard in which other cultures are persuaded to live by. Bell hooks discusses the evolution of whiteness in an innovative article in which she theorizes this conviction as normative, a structural advantage, an inclusive standpoint, and an unmarked name by those who are manipulating this interdisciplinary. Most intellects, including hooks, would argue that whiteness is a continuation of history; a dominant cultural location that has been unconsciously disclosing its normativity of cultural practice, advocating fear, destruction, and terror for those who are being affected by this designation.

He acknowledges that the resentments of the black and white communities “aren’t always expressed in polite company,” but these resentments are manifested within our society in destructive ways, like racism (Obama, par. 31). The audience feels that he is knowledgeable and credible on the immediate topics affecting our future and our daily lives.

In 1990’s, influence of conservative radio talk radios that increased dramatically. Rush Limbaugh and a number of charismatic white male talk show radio hosts rose to cultural prominence. He has done this by selling a brand of authoritarian, bellicose and verbally abusive white masculinity. So, Rush Limbaugh is basically against all races except white men. His masculinity has reached the reasons of history and identity politics which touched a nerve with a million of listeners. Guess who? Mostly white men. In the real world 21st century, white men unquestionably dominated in the family and workplace through the process of a long term decline. AM Talk radio or Fox News Channel don’t seek out new ideas about possibilities of democratic government in an increasingly diverse and connected world that is connected instead they are

After reading Ben Shapiro’s most recent column “If you don’t Agree With Me, You’re a Racist Who Likes Death Threats,” I feel quite amused. This column focuses on Shapiro’s criticism of a black philosophy professor named George Yancy. Yancy wrote a piece in the New York Times describing death threats he has received from white racists. Based of that this professor believes that America suffers from “white racism,” and that he is contemplating “giving up on white people.” I find this statement extremely absurd. Yancy believes that white racism is everywhere and according to Shapiro he has no statistics to support this claim. Although there may be some racism in America, I disagree with Yancy that white racism is a “serious” dilemma. I also