Whiteness in Libraries
Whiteness in US Libraries [Note--this is a blog post. These ideas can and will be further developed. These ideas are sketches of what I am thinking at the moment. Feedback is encouraged and welcome.] US schools and libraries serve as points of diffusion for Whiteness. Whiteness, as used in this post is defined as the concept that European people and European culture are more important than other people and other cultures. Whiteness is purveyed uncritically in libraries. This shucking of Whiteness is done under the guise of objectivity, of adhering the the 'marketplace' of ideas. But this so-called neutrality is really an adherence and capitulation to the Whiteness paradigm. Children of color hear the message of Whiteness--"European people and European culture are more important than other people and other cultures. Children of color live in a world of discrimination and bias in US schools. Some t...