ABSTRACT

How do white individuals establish themselves as authentic and belonging members of communities of colour? To explore this question, I examine the experiences of white students of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In-depth interviews with 30 white HBCU students reveal the ways that white individuals navigate their whiteness in a space where they are deemed outsiders. Specifically, I demonstrate that white HBCU students use three strategies to differentiate themselves from whiteness writ large and establish belonging with this black community: acknowledging whiteness, wherein whites portray themselves as recognising white privilege; mitigating whiteness, wherein whites aim to balance the desire to participate in and preserve black spaces; and resisting whiteness, in which whites aim to dissociate from whiteness altogether.

摘要

白人如何将自己确立为有色人种社区的真实和归属成员？为了探讨这个问题，我研究了历史悠久的黑人学院和大学 (HBCU) 的白人学生的经历。对 30 名 HBCU 白人学生的深入采访揭示了白人在被视为局外人的空间中如何驾驭他们的白人。具体来说，我证明了 HBCU 的白人学生使用三种策略来将自己与白人区分开来并建立对这个黑人社区的归属感：承认白人，其中白人将自己描绘成承认白人特权；减轻白人，其中白人旨在平衡参与和保护黑人空间的愿望；和抵制白人，其中白人旨在完全脱离白人。