Library Guides: Peace, Justice and Human Rights: White (Racial) Privilege

White (Racial) Privilege

White privilege, or white skin privilege, is the societal privilege that benefits white people over non-white people in some societies, particularly if they are otherwise under the same social, political, or economic circumstances. With roots in European colonialism and imperialism, and the Atlantic slave trade, white privilege has developed in circumstances that have broadly sought to protect white racial privileges, various national citizenships, and other rights or special benefits.

White (Racial) Privilege Resources

Racism Without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
ISBN: 9781442220560
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
The fifth edition of Racism without Racists is available in June 2017. The paperback ISBN for the fifth edition is 9781442276239. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's acclaimed Racism without Racists documents how, beneath our contemporary conversation about race, lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for--and ultimately justify--racial inequalities. This provocative book explodes the belief that America is now a color-blind society. The fourth edition adds a chapter on what Bonilla-Silva calls "the new racism," which provides the essential foundation to explore issues of race and ethnicity in more depth. This edition also updates Bonilla-Silva's assessment of race in America after President Barack Obama's re-election. Obama's presidency, Bonilla-Silva argues, does not represent a sea change in race relations, but rather embodies disturbing racial trends of the past. In this fourth edition, Racism without Racists will continue to challenge readers and stimulate discussion about the state of race in America today.
Interrupting White Privilege by Alexander Mikulich (Editor); Laurie M. Cassidy (Editor)
ISBN: 9781570757006
Publication Date: 2007-04-01
White Catholic theologians have remained relatively silent on the topic of racism since publication in 1979 of the U.S. bishops' statement against racism, Brothers and Sisters to Us. Contributors Jon Nilson, Mary Elizabeth Hobgood, Barbara Hilkert Andolsen, Charles Curran, Roger Haight, Margaret Guider, Margaret Pfeil, and editors Laurie Cassidy and Alex Mikulich all address the issue of white privilege and how it is a significant factor in shaping the evil of racism in our country. Book jacket.

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack
In this article from the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Peggy McIntosh discusses the correlation between privilege and race.
Racist Origins of Common Phrases
Introduction to Privilege
Explaining white privilege to a broke white person

White Privilege by Macklemore(The Artist)
I Guess We Gotta Talk About Macklemore's 'White Privilege' Song.
Research: People Can Learn to Recognize Their Racial Privilege
Recognizing privilege may be uncomfortable, but research shows that privilege denial can substantially hinder organizations’ DEI efforts, especially among the (overwhelmingly white and male) leaders whose support is most critical.