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Talking to My White Sons about Trayvon Martin

The Privilege of Protection

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Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice

Part of the book series: Teaching Race and Ethnicity ((RACE))

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I have put off this writing project for some time. As much as I like to believe that I am comfortable talking about white privilege I feel a strong sense of reluctance in writing about it. So now I sit down and face my fears.

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  • Abrams, L. S., & Gibson, P. (2007). Reframing multicultural education: Teaching white privilege in the social work curriculum. Journal of Social Work Education, 43(1), 147–160.

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Abrams, L.S. (2014). Talking to My White Sons about Trayvon Martin. In: Fasching-Varner, K.J., Reynolds, R.E., Albert, K.A., Martin, L.L. (eds) Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice. Teaching Race and Ethnicity. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-842-8_16

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