We’ve started talking about the social construction of race, in particular “whiteness” as a dominant cultural frame that is often difficult to “see” because it is often represented as normal and nonracial. A new podcast from National Public Radio’s “Code Switch: Race and Identity Remixed” program, hosted by journalists Gene Demby and Shereen Marisol Maraji, takes up the difficulty of talking about whiteness. Interestingly, the 40 minute podcast spends a lot of time talking about how we talk about whiteness specifically in a college classroom, interviewing professors and students. It’s well worth the listen.

MAY 31, 2016

Can We Talk About Whiteness?

Gene and Shereen dig into why it’s so hard to talk about white identity in America — and why it’s really important that we figure out how.

http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch   (You’ll need to scroll down to the correct podcast)

Demby, Gene, Shereen, Marisol Maraji. “Can We Talk About Whiteness?” Code Switch. National Public Radio. Podcast. Web. 2016.