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The complicated realities of whiteness: From color blind to racially cognizant
Author(s) -
Reason Robert D.,
Evans Nancy J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
new directions for student services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0695
pISSN - 0164-7970
DOI - 10.1002/ss.258
Subject(s) - racism , white (mutation) , blindness , transparency (behavior) , people of color , racial bias , sociology , aesthetics , gender studies , race (biology) , optometry , political science , art , law , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
This chapter examines color‐blind campuses that perpetuate White transparency and racially cognizant environments that reveal and challenge notions of color blindness. Recommendations are offered to help White students respond to the realities of Whiteness and move beyond color‐blind racism.