ARTICLES BY Robert Jensen

White Privilege Part II

[Note: A version of this essay ran in the Perspective section of the Baltimore Sun on July 4, 1999. It is a follow-up to an essay on the same subject that ran in July 1998. By writing about the politics of white privilege—and listening to the folks who responded to that ... read more ››

White Privilege

[Note: This article by Robert Jensen, Department of Journalism, University of Texas, originally appeared in the Baltimore Sun newspaper.] Here’s what white privilege sounds like: I’m sitting in my University of Texas office, talking to a very bright and very conservative white student about affirmative action in college admissions, which ... read more ››