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Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race
Racial privilege is hard to see for those who were born with access to power and resources. Yet it is very visible for those to whom it was not granted. "Understanding White Privilege" is written for individuals and those in organizations who grapple with race every day, as well as for those who believe they don't need to. It is written for those who have tried t...more
Paperback, 177 pages
Published
March 15th 2006
by Routledge
(first published 2006)
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This book challenged me to "become comfortable with the uncomfortable and uncomfortable with the too comfortable." This was assigned for my Race and Ethnic Relations class, but I would recommend it to anyone looking to explore the way race factors into daily life for themselves, as well as others. I will even let you borrow it!
Kendall brilliantly walks a very slippery tight-rope between hard reality and hopeful future possibilities, while skillfully navigating all of my "yeah-buts" and "but-I-don'ts" so that I had to come to terms with the ways that I may be supporting racist systems even without acting with racist behavior or intent.
I've read this twice and find that I learn a lot each time I read it because I am in a different place in terms of my own awareness about white privilege. I wish there were more books out there like this one. I also wish it hadn't been so expensive and difficult to track down.
Excellent, thought provoking ideas given a little too drily and too often. It really did change how I thought about race and gave rise to lots of interesting conversations. Worth the read.
A great read for anyone interested in better understanding the causes and effects of white privilege.
Learned so much from this book.
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