White Innocence: Paradoxes Of Colonialism And Race

In White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores a central paradox of Dutch life-the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia-to show how the narrative of Dutch racial exceptionalism elides the Netherland's colonial past and safeguards white privilege.

• | By (Author): Gloria Wekker
• | Publisher: Duke University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 29, 2016
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0822360756
• | ISBN-13: 9780822360759