Date Thesis Awarded
5-2010
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Sociology
Advisor
Kathleen E. Jenkins
Committee Members
Jennifer Bickham Méndez
Anne H. Charity Hudley
Abstract
Informed by major themes from Whiteness Studies such as white privilege, invisibility, and colorblind racism, this study demonstrates how understandings of racial identity in terms of individuality and in terms of membership in a social group are both reinforced and challenged depending on the nature of the situational context.
Recommended Citation
Ukai, Allen Koji, "Interpreting Whiteness: Grappling with Race and Identity" (2010). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 691.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/691
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.