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Whiteness Paper 1. - Decentering Whiteness
Decentering Whiteness
by Jeff Hitchcock, M.S., M.B.A. and Charley Flint, Ph.D.
Whiteness Paper No. 1
February 1997
8.5 x 11 in., 16 pgs., comb binding
ABSTRACT
Whiteness and white culture form the center of society in the United States. This circumstance is unfair and inequitable. The center of society, which includes power and resources, should be accessible to people from all racial backgrounds. Whiteness therefore needs to be removed from the center. The center cannot be left to a vacuum. Instead, the center should be multiracial. Decentering whiteness and centering a multiracial culture are interdependent goals. Whiteness can not be decentered unless something else takes its central place. A multiracial center can not exist so long as whiteness is central. Decentering whiteness is a process that can be done by individuals and organizations, from small scale changes to large. The authors include a list of features of whiteness as central, with suggestions of strategies, guidelines and goals for changing each feature.
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