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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
About the author
NOLAN L. CABRERA is an associate professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Summary
White Guys on Campus is a critical examination of the role of race in higher education, centering Whiteness, in an effort to unveil the frequently unconscious habits of racism among white male students. It details many of the contours of contemporary, systemic racism, while continually engaging the possibility of White students to engage in anti-racism.
