Whiteness as an idea definitely arose, historically, when blackness did (really interesting to read about how race, as we know it, was constructed when slavery needed to be justified). That being said, I think whiteness now exists as a very specific entity that, yes, contrasts with blackness but also exists on its…

In a “Whiteness” critical theory class I took back in undergrad, we talked a lot about how whiteness is treated as being neutral. As in, ‘to be white’ (acknowledging the construction of race as a not real but all too real thing) is thought of as not having a race, when in fact there are a number of specific…

Pretty sure the title is wrong. The states are Utah and Arizona, not Colorado and Arizona (Colorado City, as mentioned in the article, is in Utah... Understandable mistake!)