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... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of education > education in society and culture > multiculturalism and special populations > whiteness and education
... > social science subjects > education > education studies > sociology of education > education in society and culture > multiculturalism and special populations > whiteness and education

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whiteness and education  

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  • White studies became popularized in the mid-1990s as an effort to understand and critique the role of White identity in society and across disciplines. The groundbreaking work of Ruth Frankenberg, White Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness (1993), explored and defined Whiteness in relation to White women's experiences with power and privilege. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Whiteness and Education]

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