WHITE IN AMERICA Contributors’ Northwest Group Participates in “Whiteness History Month” in Portland Oregon

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WHITE IN AMERICA? contributors in Portland Oregon (calling themselves the “Northwest Group,” see their Facebook page), consisting of Patrik McDade, Anne Mavor, Leah Mueller, Jan Priddy, Carol Weliky, and Tereza Topferova Bottmanare participating in Portland Community College’s first “Whiteness History Month” where people come together to talk about white privilege, […]

April Is “Whiteness History Month” at Portland Community College

PCC’s Whiteness History Month events will include a reading of essays about white identity. SOPHIA JUNE | WILLAMETTE WEEK Last week, Portland Community College kicked off its first Whiteness History Month. If that brings up a red flag for you, you’re not the only one. The event has been widely controversial, garnering national media attention.WW […]

An Update on WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WHITE IN AMERICA?

When Sean Frederick Forbes and I announced the open call submission for our forthcoming anthology, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WHITE IN AMERICA, we didn’t know what to expect. We certainly expected some hate mail (very few and of little consequence, thank goodness), and some criticism, but what we didn’t expect was that white […]