Abstract
In the previous chapter I considered that, across historical contexts, it can be shown that forms of disaster education implicitly favour the white, middle classes. Critical Race Theory considers that, as a system, white supremacy requires the active co- operation and support of individual whites. For example, Leonardo (2009, p. 110) describes the nature of white racial knowledge claiming that whites are actually aware of white supremacy otherwise white privilege operates without resistance or contestation.
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Preston, J. (2012). Dr. Strangelove I presume? Race, class and Tacit Intentionality in Public Education Campaigns for Nuclear War. In: Preston, J. (eds) Disaster Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-873-5_4
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