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Dr. Sara DiazWGST 303: The *isms: Race, Class, and GenderGonzaga University
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
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Updated Stats - Perceptions
• 2009, 83% of white people said racial discrimination against black people was no longer a serious problem.
• 2009, 55% of black people said racial discrimination is still a serious problem.
• 80% of black people said not enough has been done to achieve equality, while 46% of whites felt the same way, though only 13% of whites believed there is still a lot of anti-black discrimination.
Updated Stats – Income & Wealth• 2012 Median income of black families is 58% of
white families (the same as it was in 1980 and less than it was in 1971).
• 2012 median income of hispanic families is 64% of white families.
• 2013 median white family wealth (142k) was 13x greater than black family wealth (11k) and 10x (14k) greater than hispanic family wealth.
Updated Stats - Segregation
• 3 out of 4 white people don’t have any non-white friends
• The average white person’s social network is 91% white
• The average black person’s social network is 83% black
• The average hispanic person’s social network is 64% hispanic
• No significant differences by gender OR political party
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Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions
What led to the formation of the identity of “whiteness”?
Response QuestionResponse Question
How has/is America “invested” in “whiteness”? What evidence does Lipsitz
provide?
Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions
What is the “language of liberal individualism”?
How does it expand the gap between “white perception” and “minority experience”?
Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions
What intersections with Gender and Class can you
glean from the article?
Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions
What is Lipsitz’s solution to America’s possessive
investment in whiteness?
Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions
Can racial “others” have a “possessive investment in
whiteness”?
