Lesbians and White Privilege

<p>There are three overarching themes that connect the chapters: interdisciplinarity intersectionality and identity. This interdisciplinary compilation includes contributions from scholars in cultural studies social work English psychology anthropology and education. Essays include empirical research making use of both quantitative and qualitative methods as well as personal reflections and interpretation. Each chapter makes central the critical significance of intersectionality locating privilege and oppression within larger social systems and institutional structures as an ‘interlocking matrix of relationships.’</p><p>These chapters challenge recognize and question whiteness with the intention that they encourage us to do the same in our own lives practices behaviors and disciplines. By taking whiteness seriously we might begin to move toward explicit antiracist efforts dismantling those structures and hierarchies that enable only some to speak as ‘just humans.’ </p><p>The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the <i>Journal of Lesbian Studies</i>.</p>