White Guys on Campus

NOLAN L. CABRERA is an associate professor in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

• ContentsIntroduction1 The unbearable Whiteness of being: White male racial immunity in higher education2 “Race just doesn’t matter that much”: White insulation, Occam’s Racial Razor, and willful racial ignorance3 “The only discrimination left is that against White men”: The campus racial politics of “reverse racism”4 “Why can’t Stevie Wonder read? Because he’s Black”: Whiteness and the social performance of racist joking5 “I almost lost my spot to a less qualified minority”: Imagined v. Real affirmative action6 “They’d never allow a White Student Union”: The Racial Politics of Campus Space and Racial Arrested Development7 “Because it’s the right thing to do”: Racial awakening and (some) allyship development8 Conclusion: White guys on campus, What is to be done?Appendix AAppendix BAcknowledgmentsReferencesIndex

"White Guys on Campus examines narratives of White males in order to reveal 'ecologies of Whiteness' that permit (and even empower) racism to persist. With sound scholarship and well-supported claims, this book is a unique and important contribution to the field." - Susan Iverson (coeditor of Reconstructing Policy Analysis in Higher Education: Feminist Poststructural Perspectives) "There are and always have been lots of white guys on college campuses. This timely, important book helps us more deeply understand their racial identities, socialization, and attitudes. Cabrera masterfully complicates whiteness, illuminates white supremacy, and proposes ways to help white college men become less racist." - Shaun R. Harper (Clifford and Betty Allen Professor, University of Southern California Rossier School of Education) "What Do ‘White Guys’ Think About Race? This Professor Is Trying to Find Out" by Chris Quintana interview with Nolan C. Cabrera (Chronicle of Higher Education) "From racial jokes to affirmative action, Nolan L. Cabrera analyzes the persistent white mindset that obscures systemic racism on our college campuses. Read this book if you want a truthful and evidence-based explanation about the effects of racist discourse." - Zeus Leonardo (author of Race Frameworks: A Multidimensional Theory of Racism and Education) “Cultivating Public Scholarship and a Radical Ethic of Love as Faculty of Color" interview with Nolan L. Cabrera(Resilient Campus) "In this era of educational resegregation, Nolan Cabrera’s White Guys on Campus examines how whiteness blocks paths toward truth, justice, and reconciliation. A timely, provocative, even hopeful book.” - Jeff Chang (author of We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race & Resegregation) "An Asian American woman’s tweets ignite a debate: Is it okay to make fun of white people online?" by Eli Rosenberg and Erin B. Logan (Washington Post) "Selected New Books on Higher Education," compiled by Ruth Hammond (Chronicle of Higher Education) "Nolan Cabrera: HEOC Alumnus Studies Race on College Campuses," by Mackie Lorkis (Ampersand) "Reinforcing Racism: Color-Blind Curricula in Higher Education by Dr. Nolan Cabrera" (Equity Alliance Blog) "Emerging Scholars 2019: An Interdisciplinary Scholar" (Diverse Issues in Higher Education) "Arizona Faculty Members Want Charges Against Border-Patrol Protesters Dropped," by Katherine Mangan (Chronicle of Higher Education) "A Life-Changing Course" podcast interview with Nolan L. Cabrera on Scholars Strategy Network (A Life-Changing Course podcast) Mention of White Guys on Campus in"Steller column: At UA forum, panelists feel campus activists' pain," by Tim Steller (Tucson.com) "It’s all Part of the Plan," by Nolan L. Cabrera (Contexts) "Debating Free Speech - The Buzz" interview with Nolan C. Cabrera (Arizona Public Media "The Buzz") Latinx Intelligentsia podcast interview with Nolan L. Cabrerahttps://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpswwwstichercompodcastlatinxintelligentsia/latinx-intelligentsia (Latinx Intelligentsia) "Episode 57 - Affirmative Action, the Model Minority Myth Right-Wing Divide-and-Conquer" interview with Nolan L. Cabrerahttps://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/speakoutwithtimwise/episodes/2019-10-14T09_33_59-07_00 (Speak Out with Tim Wise) BAR Book Forum: Interview with Nolan Cabrera https://www.blackagendareport.com/bar-book-forum-nolan-cabreras-white-guys-campus (Black Agenda Report) "Overall, Cabrera’s book offers an important contribution to the literature. He blends existing terminology and scholarship...and masterfully weaves the why of racial attitudes of White men on campus; as the what—many of the narratives, ideals, and beliefs shared by participants—may be familiar to individuals who are seasoned in racial justice work or research in higher education or student affairs. Through concise and accessible writing with quotations from and references to Frederick Douglass, Hari Kondabolu, W. E. B. Du Bois, Geto Boys, and James Baldwin interspersed throughout, Cabrera is successful in his attempt to render the racial justice discourse more complete." (Journal of College Student Development) "Cabrera unpacks decades of critical whiteness studies and provides encyclopedic coverage of how white supremacy has mutated and morphed." (Education Review) "One of the main takeaways of White Guys on Campus is that white people need to be facilitating their own racial development and pushing their friends, families, and peers to do the same." (Education Review)