Paula S. Rothenberg
Auteur de Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study
A propos de l'auteur
Paula Rothenberg is a Senior Fellow at The Murphy Institute, City University of New York, and Professor Emerita at William Paterson University of New Jersey. From 1989 to 2006 she served as Director of The New Jersey Project on Inclusive Scholarship, Curriculum, and Teaching. She is the author of afficher plus several books, including the autobiographical Invisible Privilege: A Memoir About Race, Class, and Gender and the best-selling anthology, Race, Class and Gender in The United States: An Integrated Study. Her newest title, What's The Problem? A Brief Guide to Thinking Critically, asks students to analyze how social problems are framed in the public eye. afficher moins
Œuvres de Paula S. Rothenberg
Feminist Frameworks: Alternative Theoretical Accounts of the Relations Between Women and Men (1978) — Directeur de publication — 178 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- ROTHENBERG, Paula S.
ROTHENBERG, Paula - Date de naissance
- 1943
- Sexe
- female
- Études
- University of Chicago (attended)
New York University - Professions
- director
professor - Organisations
- New Jersey Project on Inclusive Scholarship, Curriculum, and Teaching
William Paterson University
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Vous aimerez peut-être aussi
Auteurs associés
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Membres
- 1,133
- Popularité
- #22,652
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 39
- Favoris
- 1
One sentence I read radically re-framed my understanding of white privilege, so that I could relate to the problem very concretely instead of abstractly. It wasn't even a great sentence. It simply equated whiteness with "property." With this definition as part of "whiteness," I was able to understand how the possession of whiteness has value just like any other kind of capital. It's a kind of wealth, and it's a wealth that I can't be divested from and that others can't ever acquire. Once I accept this--and it's hard not to--it's easy to separate out notions of meritocracy and answers of easy liberalism ("why can't we be friends?") from the undeniable fact that white people are privileged by their whiteness, and act in life as if they are not. Just this simple coupling of whiteness with "property" gave me a way to understand my privileged status without defensiveness or guilt.
There were many other great ideas, some of which were uncomfortable to read but none of which were unwelcome. I learned a great deal and I have a lot to think about now, which is a lot to say about a thin book of essays.… (plus d'informations)