Privilege Revealed: How Invisible Preference Undermines America

Stephanie M. Wildman

Published by New York University Press 1996

Privilege Revealed

How Invisible Preference Undermines America

Stephanie M. Wildman
In collaboration with: Margalynne Armstrong , Adrienne D. Davis and Trina Grillo

Volume 48 in the series Critical America

https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479878949.001.0001

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About this book

Affirmative action remains a hotly contested issue on our political landscape, yet the institutionalized systems of privilege which uphold the status quo remain unchallenged. Many Americans who advocate a merit-based, race-free worldview do not acknowledge the systems of privilege which benefit them. For example, many Americans rely on a social and sometimes even financial inheritance from previous generations. This inheritance, unlikely to be forthcoming if one's ancestors were slaves, privileges whiteness, maleness, and heterosexuality.
In this important volume, scholars positioned differently with respect to white privilege examine how privilege of all forms manifests itself and how we can, and must, be aware of invisible privilege in our daily lives. Individual chapters focus on language, the workplace, the implications of comparing racism and sexism, race-based housing privilege, the dream of diversity and the cycle of exclusion, the rule of law and invisible systems of privilege, and the power of law to transform society.

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Wildman Stephanie M. :

Stephanie Wildman is Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, where she also directs the Center for Social Justice and Public Service.

Reviews

A remarkably readable and persuasive account of how problematic the status quo actually is … This book can and should be read by an audience far beyond the usual readers of books about law.

Unlocks a critical piece of the puzzle that activists and scholars have called ‘subordination.’ It reveals the complex interaction of systems of privilege. Yet the analysis is compelling, personal, and completely accessible. By breaking the silence about our unwritten rules, Privilege Revealed demonstrates how to reject privilege and embrace inclusion in a way that lights our passage toward the end of the tunnel.

Speaks with powerful understanding and empathy about privilege and subordination. In these times of backlash, when our politicians speak only in words that divide us, Privilege Revealed gives us a language to help us discover our common cause in the struggle against oppression.

A brilliant and compassionate book. A dazzling integration of high theory and splendid story.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
A Note about Systems of Privilege Stephanie M. Wildman Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Stephanie M. Wildman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Making Systems of Privilege Visible Stephanie M. Wildman and Adrienne D. Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter 2. Privilege in the Workplace The Missing Element in Antidiscrimination Law Stephanie M. Wildman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter 3. Privilege in Residential Housing Marêalynne Armstrong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Chapter 4. Privilege and the Media: Treatment of Sex and Race in the Hill-Thomas Hearings Create a Legacy of Doubt Adrienne D. Davis and Stephanie M. Wildman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Chapter 5. Obscuring the Importance of Race The Implication 01 Making Comparisons between Racism and Sexism (or Other Isms) Trina Grillo and Stephanie M. Wildman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Chapter 6. The Dream of Diversity and the Cycle of Exclusion Stepnanie M. Wildman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Chapter 7. The Quest for Justice The Quest for Justice: Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Chapter 8. Teaching and Learning toward Tne Role of the Classroom in Noticing Privilege Stephanie M. Wildman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Concluding Thoughts on Noticing Privilege Stephanie M. Wildman and Margalynne Armstrong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229

Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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Published: June 22, 2020
ISBN: 9781479878949