CHICANO 10B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Urban Renewal, White Privilege, New Zealand National Football Team
18 Oct 2016
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Lipsitz: the possessi(cid:448)e i(cid:374)(cid:448)est(cid:373)e(cid:374)t i(cid:374) white(cid:374)ess: ra(cid:272)ialized o(cid:272)ial de(cid:373)o(cid:272)ra(cid:272)y a(cid:374)d the (cid:862)white(cid:863) pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) in american studies. Hidden assumption: racial polarization comes from existence of blacks rather than from the behavior of whites: (cid:862)a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)s(cid:863) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s whites. To identify, analyze, and oppose the destructive consequences of whiteness, we need what. Race is a cultural construct, but one with sinister structural causes and consequences. European settlers in north america established structures encouraging possessive investment in whitenesss. Even though there has always been racism in american history, it has not always been the same racism. During the decades following world war ii, urban renewal helped constru(cid:272)t a (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:862)(cid:449)hite(cid:863) identity in the suburbs by helping destroy ethnically specific european-american urban inner- city neighborhoods. Process of urban renewal and highway construction set in motion a vicious cycle: population loss led to deceased political power, which made minority neighborhoods more likely to be victimized by further urban renewal and freeway construction.
