Policy Press

White Privilege

The Myth of a Post-Racial Society

By Kalwant Bhopal

Published

Apr 6, 2018

Page count

216 pages

ISBN

978-1447335979

Dimensions

216 x 138 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Apr 6, 2018

Page count

216 pages

ISBN

978-1447335993

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Apr 6, 2018

Page count

216 pages

ISBN

978-1447336006

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press
White Privilege

Why and how do those from black and minority ethnic communities continue to be marginalised? Despite claims that we now live in a post-racial society, race continues to disadvantage those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.

Kalwant Bhopal explores how neoliberal policy making has increased rather than decreased discrimination faced by those from non-white backgrounds. She also shows how certain types of whiteness are not privileged; Gypsies and Travellers, for example, remain marginalised and disadvantaged in society.

Drawing on topical debates and supported by empirical data, this important book examines the impact of race on wider issues of inequality and difference in society.

Kalwant Bhopal is Professor of Education and Social Justice and Director of the Centre for Research on Race and Education at the University of Birmingham. From 2019-20 she was visiting Professor at Harvard University at the Graduate School of Education and is currently visiting Professor at King's College London. Her areas of interest and expertise focus on the educational experiences of black and minority ethnic groups as well as Gypsies and Travellers. Her research specifically explores how processes of racism, exclusion and marginalisation operate in predominantly white spaces with a focus on social justice and inclusion.

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