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By Matthew Hughey
Discussions of race are unavoidably fraught with stress, either in opinion and positioning. Too often, debates are framed as transparent issues of opposition—us as opposed to them. And while contemplating white racial id, a cut up among innovative activities and a neoconservative backlash is all too often assumed. Taken at face worth, it can look that whites are splintering into adverse teams, with differing worldviews, values, and ideological stances.
White sure investigates those dividing traces, wondering the very
notion of a fracturing whiteness, and in so doing bargains a distinct view of white racial identification. Matthew Hughey spent over a yr attending the conferences, examining the literature, and interviewing contributors of 2 white organizations—a white nationalist workforce and a white antiracist crew. although he came across instant political ameliorations, he saw marvelous similarities. either teams make that means of whiteness via a reliance on related racist and reactionary tales and worldviews.
On the complete, this booklet places summary ideals and theoretical projection concerning the meant fracturing of whiteness into reduction opposed to the realities of 2 teams by no means earlier than without delay in comparison with this a lot breadth and intensity. by way of studying the similarities and transformations among doubtless antithetical white teams, we see not only the numerous methods of being white, yet how those actors make which means of whiteness in ways in which jointly reproduce either white identification and, eventually, white supremacy.
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On a day with a meeting, one or two WRJ members arrived in the mid- to late afternoon. As more members arrived (generally during the afternoon there were no more than two or three members in the office), the work slowed as they sat around chatting about work, family, and the occasional racial issue. As evening approached, more WRJ members trickled in. Although events were always scheduled for a specific time, not once in my year of attending meetings did one begin on time. ” said Horace in a slightly annoyed tone, “You can’t tell people what to do.
He ended his statement with a sigh, dropped his head in exasperation as if he had just finished hours of debate, and grasped his cup of coffee with both hands as he slowly sipped from it. While an adamant and heartfelt defense of the “color-blind” mission of NEA was frequently reiterated among NEA members, it became clear to me that this was far from a uniform feeling. Members were not robotically acting out the demands of this brand of white nationalism, and the “morning crew” frequently challenged such “color-blind” rhetoric.
My mother, she dedicated her life to helping women work through the traumas of abuse. So, this kind of work [referring to WRJ] was something engrained in me as a child, but it’s a lifelong endeavor. The art was an eclectic mix of various odds and ends and seemed more for covering space than for an aesthetic theme. “Welcome to The Center. The walls were all finished with drywall in an eggshell color. Bookshelves were everywhere in the room, and they were bowed with the weight of hundreds of books on race, immigration, human rights activism, psychology, and counseling techniques.