Frequently Asked White Questions

Ajay Parasram, Alex Khasnabish

• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781773635576
• eBook ISBN: 9781773635781

Are you a white person with questions about how race affects different situations, but you feel awkward, shy or afraid to ask the people of colour in your life? Are you a racialized person who is tired of answering the same questions over and over? This book is for you: a basic guide for people learning about racial privilege. In Frequently Asked White Questions, Drs. Alex Khasnabish and Ajay Parasram answer ten of the most common questions asked of them by people seeking to understand how race structures our every day. Drawing from their lived experiences as well as live sessions of their monthly YouTube series Safe Space for White Questions, the authors offer concise, accessible answers to questions such as, "Is it possible to be racist against white people?" or "Shouldn't everyone be treated equally?" This book offers a thoughtful and respectful guide for anyone trying to figure out "woke" politics without jargon and judgement.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION FOR FAWQ’S SAKE
• CHAPTER 1 CAN YOU BE RACIST AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE?
• CHAPTER 2 HOW DO WE FIX PAST WRONGS WITHOUT CREATING NEW ONES?
• CHAPTER 3 HOW DOES RACISM RELATE TO OTHER FORMS OF OPPRESSION?
• CHAPTER 4 HOW CAN I MAKE ANTIRACISM PART OF MY FAMILY LIFE?
• CHAPTER 5 HOW CAN I TALK ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE WITHOUT TURNING PEOPLE OFF?
• CHAPTER 6 WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CULTURAL APPRECIATION AND CULTURAL APPROPRIATION?
• CHAPTER 7 CAN MEMBERS OF AN OPPRESSED GROUP BE OPPRESSORS?
• CHAPTER 8 HOW CAN WHITE PEOPLE BE INVOLVED IN ANTIRACIST STRUGGLES WITHOUT CENTRING THEMSELVES?
• CHAPTER 9 HOW CAN I BE AN ANTIRACIST IN MY EVERYDAY LIFE?
• CHAPTER 10 HOW CAN WE BUILD THE WORLD WE DESERVE?
• CONCLUSION THE RACE CARD
• APPENDIX A TOP TEN PRINCIPLES FOR THINKING ABOUT RACIAL POLITICS AS A WHITE PERSON
• NOTES
• APPENDIX B GLOSSARY
• APPENDIX C READING LIST
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS