User:ConMadden/sandbox

1). Proposed topic: The ways white people respond to feeling white guilt

2.) The term ‘white guilt’ has a surprisingly short Wikipedia page. The term is rarely used in the context of the page on white privilege. I would like to add to the page about white guilt because there seems to be a space to include additional information about the ways in which white people respond to feelings of guilt. I think it’s important to provide the info to give those engaging in that feeling a place to learn about the ways others respond when feeling that way.

3.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_guilt

So the current page defines white guilt and discusses the following:

-anti-racism training methodology

-conservative perspective equating white guilt to black power, liberal critique of that perspective

-white guilt’s use in managing race relations in France

-anecdote about a white civil rights activist overly self-identifying with black people

Searches of terms such as “white shame” or similar do not elicit any other pages other than white guilt.

4.) A new paragraph could be added discussing how white people respond to feelings of white guilt. This paragraph could link to relevant studies that talk about the ways white people position themselves in reference to other racial groups when feeling guilt. There could also be information included, based on relevant studies, about situations in which white guilt is found to be elicited (such as when a white student reads a text written from a non-white cultural perspective).