The Two Different Worlds of Black and White Fraternity Men: Visibility and Accountability as Mechanisms of Privilege

被引:37
作者
Ray, Rashawn [1 ]
Rosow, Jason A. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[2] Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN USA
关键词
race; hegemonic whiteness; privilege; identity; fraternity; THESIS; RACE;
D O I
10.1177/0891241611431700
中图分类号
C91 [社会学];
学科分类号
030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
There has been limited empirical research on how individuals "do privilege." As a result, our understandings are incomplete about how high-status groups continue reaping the benefits of privilege. Using data from fifty-two men in three white and four black fraternities at a predominately white institution, this paper demonstrates that visibility and accountability function as mechanisms of privilege. Because of a large community size, central fraternity house, and influential alumni, white fraternity men are afforded a hyper level of invisibility and unaccountability. Because of the small black community and the obligation black fraternity men perceive having to be the ideal black student, they reap a hyper level of visibility and accountability based on expectations from and interactions with a host of others (e. g., university officials, white students, black community, women). By showing how high-status whites epitomize an ideal white racial identity and preserve inter-and intraracial boundaries, we advance theoretical discussions on hegemonic whiteness.
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页码:66 / 94
页数:29
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