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Tim Wise - The Pathology of White Privilege

Somewhere in there Tim Wise briefly mentions white history month is every month not explicitly designated otherwise. This is obvious as he points out. However, he claims this is why there is no need for a white history month. I would suggest the opposite. Because such a month is implicit is exactly why it should be explicit. If students and media were to try to celebrate it, there would be nothing special. This could draw more attention to the hegemony of white culture.

Posted by Will 

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Sep 03, 2010
Aaron said...
"If students and media were to try to celebrate it, there would be nothing special. This could draw more attention to the hegemony of white culture."

I would suggest this: there is no white culture. White stereotypes are prevalent but culture is not. Thus White History Month would have no celebration and to this I see your point.

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