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White Privilege - Racial Ambiguity
What is white privilege? Laurie Taylor explores enduring patterns of disadvantage in Britain. Also, are racial binaries breaking down in America?
Racial ambiguity in America: Lisa Kingstone, Senior Teaching Fellow in Race and Identity at Kings College, London, asks what happens to a country that was built on race when the boundaries of black and white have started to fade. She’s joined by the writer, Bidisha. Also, what is meant by white privilege? Kalwant Bhopal, Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, discusses her new study.
Producer: Jayne Egerton
Last on
Mon 5 Nov 201800:15
BBC Radio 4
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Kalwant Bhopal, White Privilege: The Myth of a Post-Racial Society, (Policy Press, 2018)
Lisa Simone Kingstone, Fading Out - Racial Ambiguity in American Culture, (Rowman and Littlefield International Ltd., 2018)
Lisa Simone Kingstone, Fading Out - Racial Ambiguity in American Culture, (Rowman and Littlefield International Ltd., 2018)
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- Wed 31 Oct 201816:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 5 Nov 201800:15BBC Radio 4
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