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AllenBosbyshell
RebeccaAgosta
UWRT1102018
3November2014
AnnotatedBibliography
Howdowhitepeopleidentifyaswhite?
Jupp,JamesC,andGP.J.Slattery."CommittedWhiteMaleTeachersandIdentifications:
TowardCreativeIdentificationsanda"secondWave"ofWhiteIdentityStudies."
CurriculumInquiry.40.3(2010):454474.Print.
Housemeetings/gatheringswerearrangedtocollectpersonalexperiences(primarydata)
respondingtothequestion:Howdorespondents'personalandprofessionalidentifications
emergeinlifehistories,andhowdorespondentsnarratetheirownandstudents'racial
identifications?Ithinkthearticleissummedupinthequote:Oneofthewaysthat
racismworksamongWhitescholarswhoarecriticalofracismisthattheywantawayto
beintheworldsothattheycanregardthemselvesasnotbeingawhiteracist.Theyalso
wanttocreatenewsubjectivitiesandsubjectpositionsthatarenotinterfusedwith
whiteracism.Itcannotbedone.(p.8)Thearticleisaresponsetothefirstwaveof
whiteidentityresearchandiscriticalofwhitepeopleresearchingwhiteidentityinthis
newsecondwave.
ThisleadmetofurtherintotheunendingconversationbecauseIamnowawareof
whatresearchhascomebeforeaswellassomepeoplesproblemswithit.Thisisa
deeperversionofmyresearchbecausetheywerenotspecificallyresearchinghowwhite

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peoplefeelabouttheiridentity,buthowwhitepeopleresearchhowwhitepeoplefeel
abouttheiridentity.Iwillusethisasgroundworkformyownresearch.
Thiswholecritiqueofthefirstwave/secondwavehasmademecuriousastowhatwas
thefirstwaveandwhatconclusiondiditcometo?

Whatdoesitmeantobewhite?
McIntosh,Peggy."WhitePrivilege:UnpackingtheInvisibleKnapsackbyPeggyMcIntosh."
Editorial.IndependentSchoolNov.1990:n.pag.Print.
McIntoshstartedworkingfromaantisexismstandpointwhichsherelatedtoracism
throughunacknowledgedprivilege.Thenthearticlefeaturesalonglistofwhite
privileges.Sheconcludesthatmostpeoplethinkofracismandsexismasforcesthat
hinderPOCandwomen.Andthatourculture,tomaintainthemythofmeritocracy,has
deniedthattheseforcesadvantageandaidwhitepeopleandmales.Theauthorsbasically
outlineshowshereconceptualizedheridentitybasedonassessingherprivileges.It
seemedlikeahardprocessforher.Icanseewhywhitepeopledon'twanttoadmitracism
benefitsthem.Itwouldtakesomuchworktolookbackoneverythingyoudidinyour
lifeandseeitinadifferentway.Speciallyifthatwaythatneglectssomethingyouwere
proudoforthoughtweretestamentstoyourcharacter.
ThisleadmetowonderifitsworthinterviewingwhitepeopleifthewhitepeopleIm
interviewingdontreallyacknowledgeorknowabouttheirprivileges.Itrelatestomy
researchbecausesheisliterallydefiningwhatitmeanstobewhiteinamerica.Ofcourse,
herdefinitionisnotwidelyacceptedsoImnotsureifIcanapplyittoeverybody.

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Amongstotherscholarsinthisunendingconversationthisarticleisalmosta
prerequisite.(Thisarticlehasbeenrecommendedtomeatleast4timesnow.)Soits
credible.Iwilluseitasapotentialdefinitionofwhatitmeanstobewhitetoleaveroom
forhowmyintervieweesdefinewhite.
Howdowhitepeopleperceiveracismintheirownlives?

Whataresomeelementsofwhitepeoplesculture?
Stone,Avery."'Columbusing':WhenWhitePeopleThinkTheyDiscoveredSomethingThey
Didn't."TheHuffingtonPost.TheHuffingtonPost.com,24June2014.Web.24Oct.2014.
CollegeHumor,acomedygroup,madeavideowheretheydefinedcolumbusingas
whenawhitepersondiscoverssomethingthatalreadyexisted,butdiscoversitforwhite
people.Example:ChristopherColumbusdiscoveredAmerica...butwholecivilizations
werealreadyhere.HecolumbusedAmerica.Thepointofthevideo,besidestobe
funny,isthateverythingwhitepeopleconsidertobeatrademarkoftheircultureisstolen
fromanotherculture.Andthatwhenwhitepeopleaddsomethingtotheiridentityas
whitepeopleitistakenfromsomeoneelsesculture.
Thissourceisnotcrediblebecauseitsacomedyvideo,butithasaveryrealargument.
Clearlythevideoismeanttobefunny,butitdefinitelysayssomethingaboutwhite
identity.Thisleadsmetobelievethatmaybewhitepeopledonthaveanativematerial
culture.ThisisasecondarysourcebutitfeelslikeaprimaryonebecauseIveheard
whitepeoplesaythesamethingsinreallife.Iwillusethisasacomicalreflectionof
whitepeoplesenseofmaterialwhiteculture.

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Dowhitepeoplestealtheirnonmaterialculturefromotherculturestoo?

Howdowhitepeopleperceiveracismintheirownlives?
Vickerman,Milton."WhiteIdentityandRacism."SociologicalForum.23.2(2008):397403.
Print.
ThispieceisbasicallyacritiqueofWorkingClassWhite:TheMakingandUnmakingof
RaceRelations.MonicaMcDermott,UniversityofCaliforniaPress,2006.The
conclusionsthatitcomestoare:1)Gender,origin,age,andgeographyareallfactorsto
howwhitepeopleenactracism.2)Thosearealsofactortohowpeoplereacttoracism.So
basicallyhisartifactsummarizedandcritiquedaanalysisofwhiteattitudesaboutracism.
Thisarticlewasmoreinthelensofinteractionismthatidentity.OnepartIcanrelateto
andtakeawayisthatgeographyaffectswhitepeoplesperceptionofracism.Althoughit
wasabitranty,thisartifactiscompletelycredible.
WouldadefinitionofwhatitmeanstobewhiteinCharlotteapplytoanywhereelse?

Whatdowhitepeoplelikeaboutbeingwhite?
Joyner,Tess."WhatDoYoulikeaboutBeingWhite?"Emailinterview.28Oct.2014.
<http://uwritfall2014.weebly.com/blog/interview1>.
Mostofthethingsshedid/didntlikewerehowpeopleperceivedher.Thethingsshesaid
couldhavebeenanyrace(good/badstereotypes).Shethinkswhitepeopleare
overlooked.Itwouldprobablybebettertodoaliveinterviewbecause1)Icouldkeep
peopleontopic.And2)Icouldaskfollowupquestions.Question#3alwaysthrows

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peopleoff.Imightneedtoeditthatone.Ihavesomanyfollowupquestions.
Thisleadsmetothinkthatthereisnothingaboutwhitecultureorthewhitecommunity
thatwhitepeoplelike,butitsjustoneperson.Thisiscrediblebecauseeveryoneisan
expertontheirownlife.Iwillusethisasonepersonsexperience.
Whatdowhitepeoplelikeaboutbeingwhite?