Author(s)

Jon Cleveland^1*, Sharon K. Anderson^2*

¹Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA.
²School of Education, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA.

This study explored the question, “How do white, college-student, social-justice allies describe their interactions and relationships with anti-inclusive family and friends?” Data revealed five key themes: regularly witnessing anti-inclusive interactions, regularly confronting anti-inclusion, regularly not confronting anti-inclusion, experiencing strained and lost relationships, and having parameters placed on them. Additionally, using critical whiteness as a theoretical framework, the results furthered our understanding of the phenomenon of whiteness, as well as uncovered several tenets of white supremacy manifested through the participants’ interactions and relationships: minimization of racism, white action and complacency, white privilege, and rules of whiteness.

College Student, Critical Whiteness, Social-Justice Ally, White Supremacy

Cleveland, J. and Anderson, S.K. (2021) White, College-Student, Social-Justice Ally Experiences. Open Access Library Journal, 8, 1-17. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1107629.