Sunday, January 27, 2013

White Racial Anxiety and the Changing Demographic Tide: Legitimate Concern or Illogical Worry?


We currently live under a system of white supremacy whereby white persons enjoy white privilege. While many white Americans are indeed well-meaning and well-intentioned people, they typically view the world through a "normalized" lens as opposed to a "racialized" lens (since white privilege affords white people the luxury of not having to really think about race or think about themselves as "racial agents" in the first place). 

So, when some people observe growing multicultural populations in their communities and hear about demographic projections that indicate a major shift in the years to come and see a black man currently residing in the White House, combined with the fact that the economic recession has particularly affected working class whites, it should come as no surprise that white racial anxiety is growing more intense by the day as white folks are finally becoming forced to view their existence as a racial one.



White Racial Anxiety and the Changing Demographic Tide: Legitimate Concern or Illogical Worry?