Showing posts with label White Privilege. Show all posts
Showing posts with label White Privilege. Show all posts
Monday, March 28, 2016
Understanding Associations between Religious Beliefs and White Privilege Attitudes
Scholars have grappled with
how religion in the United States shapes attitudes toward racial inequality,
often by focusing on racial inequality as out-group disadvantage.
The current
study extends this research by moving beyond racial inequality as out-group
disadvantage to examine how religious conservatism and sanctification of social
justice (i.e., attributing spiritual or religious significance to working for
social justice) are associated with attitudes toward racial in-group advantage:
white privilege.
Using canonical correlation analysis with 475 white Catholic
and Protestant students, results showed religious beliefs and white privilege
attitudes were connected in two ways:
- sanctification of social justice was positively associated with a dimension defined by greater willingness to confront white privilege and greater white privilege remorse and awareness and
- religious conservatism was negatively associated with a dimension defined by greater awareness of white privilege.
Full PDF article at: https://goo.gl/xIArSw Abstract: http://goo.gl/QVbqke
Nathan R. Todd, Department of Psychology, University of
Illinois Urbana–Champaign, 603 East Daniel Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA.
Email: ntodd2@illinois.edu
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Sunday, March 27, 2016
White Supremacy vs White Privilege in Environmental Racism Research
In this report I compare two
forms of racism: white privilege and white supremacy. I examine how they are
distinct and can be seen in the environmental racism arena.
I argue that within US geographic scholarship white privilege has become so widespread that more aggressive forms of racism, such as white supremacy, are often overlooked. It is essential that we understand the precise dynamics that produce environmental injustice so that we can accurately target the responsible parties via strategic social movements and campaigns. Using the case of Exide Technologies in Vernon, California, I argue that the hazards generated by its longstanding regulatory noncompliance are a form of white supremacy.
I argue that within US geographic scholarship white privilege has become so widespread that more aggressive forms of racism, such as white supremacy, are often overlooked. It is essential that we understand the precise dynamics that produce environmental injustice so that we can accurately target the responsible parties via strategic social movements and campaigns. Using the case of Exide Technologies in Vernon, California, I argue that the hazards generated by its longstanding regulatory noncompliance are a form of white supremacy.
Full PDF article at: http://goo.gl/CyiAeT Abstract: http://goo.gl/ITckh1
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Deny, Distance, or Dismantle? How White Americans Manage a Privileged Identity
Social scientists have
traditionally argued that whiteness-the attribute of being recognized and
treated as a White person
in society-is powerful because it is invisible. On this view, members of the
racially dominant group have
the unique luxury of rarely noticing their race or the privileges it confers.
This article challenges this "invisibility thesis," arguing that Whites frequently regard themselves as racial actors. We further argue that whiteness defines a problematic social identity that confronts Whites with 2 psychological threats: the possibility that their accomplishments in life were not fully earned (meritocratic threat) and the association with a group that benefits from unfair social advantages (group-image threat). We theorize that Whites manage their racial identity to dispel these threats.
According to our deny, distance, or dismantle (3D) model of White identity management, dominant-group members have three strategies at their disposal: deny the existence of privilege, distance their own self-concepts from the White category, or strive to dismantle systems of privilege. Whereas denial and distancing promote insensitivity and inaction with respect to racial inequality, dismantling reduces threat by relinquishing privileges.
We suggest that interventions aimed at reducing inequality should attempt to leverage dismantling as a strategy of White identity management.
This article challenges this "invisibility thesis," arguing that Whites frequently regard themselves as racial actors. We further argue that whiteness defines a problematic social identity that confronts Whites with 2 psychological threats: the possibility that their accomplishments in life were not fully earned (meritocratic threat) and the association with a group that benefits from unfair social advantages (group-image threat). We theorize that Whites manage their racial identity to dispel these threats.
According to our deny, distance, or dismantle (3D) model of White identity management, dominant-group members have three strategies at their disposal: deny the existence of privilege, distance their own self-concepts from the White category, or strive to dismantle systems of privilege. Whereas denial and distancing promote insensitivity and inaction with respect to racial inequality, dismantling reduces threat by relinquishing privileges.
We suggest that interventions aimed at reducing inequality should attempt to leverage dismantling as a strategy of White identity management.
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By:
- 1New York University eric.knowles@nyu.edu.
- 2Stanford University.
- 3Carnegie Mellon University.
- 4University of California, Los Angeles.
- Perspect Psychol Sci. 2014 Nov;9(6):594-609. doi: 10.1177/1745691614554658.
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Saturday, March 26, 2016
An Empirical Analysis of White Privilege, Social Position and Health
Accumulated evidence has
demonstrated that social position matters for health. Those with greater
socioeconomic resources and greater perceived standing in the social hierarchy
have better health than those with fewer resources and lower perceived
standing. Race is another salient axis by which health is stratified in the
U.S., but few studies have examined the benefit of White privilege.
In this paper, we investigated how perceptions of inequality and subjective and objective social status affected the health and well-being of N = 630 White residents in three Boston neighborhoods lying on a social gradient differentiated by race, ethnicity, income and prestige. Outcomes were self-rated health, dental health, and happiness. Results suggested that: neighborhood residence was not associated with health after controlling for individual level factors (e.g., positive ratings of the neighborhood, education level); objective measures of socioeconomic status were associated with better self-reported and dental health, but subjective assessments of social position were more strongly associated; and White residents living in the two wealthiest neighborhoods, and who perceived Black families as welcome in their neighborhoods enjoyed better health than those who believed them to be less welcome. However, those who lived in the least wealthy and most diverse neighborhood fared worse when reporting Black families to be welcome.
These results suggest that White privilege and relative social position interact to shape health outcomes.
In this paper, we investigated how perceptions of inequality and subjective and objective social status affected the health and well-being of N = 630 White residents in three Boston neighborhoods lying on a social gradient differentiated by race, ethnicity, income and prestige. Outcomes were self-rated health, dental health, and happiness. Results suggested that: neighborhood residence was not associated with health after controlling for individual level factors (e.g., positive ratings of the neighborhood, education level); objective measures of socioeconomic status were associated with better self-reported and dental health, but subjective assessments of social position were more strongly associated; and White residents living in the two wealthiest neighborhoods, and who perceived Black families as welcome in their neighborhoods enjoyed better health than those who believed them to be less welcome. However, those who lived in the least wealthy and most diverse neighborhood fared worse when reporting Black families to be welcome.
These results suggest that White privilege and relative social position interact to shape health outcomes.
Below: Relationship between
perceived neighborhood welcome to Black families and health outcomes
(self-rated health, dental health, and happiness). Values for self-rated health
ranged from 1 to 4; dental health from 1 to 5; and happiness from 0 to 2. For
both self-rated health and dental health, lower scores are better.
By:
- 1Departments of Human Ecology and Africana Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 55 Dudley Rd, Cook Office Building, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA. Electronic address: nokwate@rci.rutgers.edu.
- 2Division of Public Health Sciences Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8100, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
- Soc Sci Med. 2014 Sep;116:150-60. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.041. Epub 2014 Jun 13.
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