Radical Introspection and Race: Learning to Read, Write, and Teach as a White Woman

Brenda Daly

Conference

Radical Introspection and Race: Learning to Read, Write, and Teach as a White Woman

Author: Brenda Daly (Iowa State University)

Abstract

This presentation will discuss assumptions of identity, white privilege, and bigotry in the context of an examination of the memoirs of the presenter's Norwegian ancestors. This historical and personal process of "radical introspection" requires emotional and intellectual self-scrutiny.

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How to Cite: Daly, B. (2002) “Radical Introspection and Race: Learning to Read, Write, and Teach as a White Woman”, Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity. 3(1).