Teaching Race at Historically White Colleges and Universities: Identifying and Dismantling the Walls of Whiteness

In this article we outline the ‘walls of whiteness’ that make it difficult to teach the sociology of race and racism and make it difficult for students at historically white colleges and universities (HCWUs) to wrestle with these important issues. Most white students enter HWCUs surrounded by these...

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Interaction
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Schools
Social Reproduction
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