Details many of the contours of contemporary, systemic racism, while engaging the possibility of White students to participate in anti-racism. Ultimately, White Guys on Campus calls upon institutions of higher education to be sites of social transformation instead of reinforcing systemic racism.
Contents
Introduction
1 The unbearable Whiteness of being: White male racial immunity in higher education
2 “Race just doesn’t matter that much”: White insulation, Occam’s Racial Razor, and willful racial ignorance
3 “The only discrimination left is that against White men”: The campus racial politics of “reverse racism”
4 “Why can’t Stevie Wonder read? Because he’s Black”: Whiteness and the social performance of racist joking
5 “I almost lost my spot to a less qualified minority”: Imagined v. Real affirmative action
6 “They’d never allow a White Student Union”: The Racial Politics of Campus Space and Racial Arrested Development
7 “Because it’s the right thing to do”: Racial awakening and (some) allyship development
8 Conclusion: White guys on campus, What is to be done?
Appendix A
Appendix B
Acknowledgments
References
Index
NOLAN L. CABRERA is an associate professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona in Tucson.