TY - BOOK ID - 78148406 TI - Whiteness in Academia PY - 2013 SN - 1443867993 1322179921 9781322179926 9781443867993 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Educational sociology. KW - Multicultural education. KW - Whites KW - Social change. KW - Change, Social KW - Cultural change KW - Cultural transformation KW - Societal change KW - Socio-cultural change KW - Social history KW - Social evolution KW - Race identity of whites KW - Racial identity of whites KW - Whiteness (Race identity) KW - Race awareness KW - Intercultural education KW - Education KW - Culturally relevant pedagogy KW - Education and sociology KW - Social problems in education KW - Society and education KW - Sociology, Educational KW - Sociology KW - Race identity. KW - Ethnic identity KW - Aims and objectives KW - Culturally sustaining pedagogy KW - Race identity of white people KW - Racial identity of white people KW - White people KW - White persons KW - Ethnology KW - Caucasian race UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78148406 AB - Even in those areas of academia which one would consider to be most resistant to white domination (such as critical race theory and multicultural education), both covert and overt racial oppression are apparent. What is the role of white academics in these fields in creating racial oppression? Is there any escape from white supremacy and do white academics have any role in resisting it or are they always complicit? In this book, fictional tropes are used to consider the role of whiteness in ... ER -