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“Who You Callin’ White?!”

A Critical Counterstory on Coloring White Identity

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Numerous articles examine the importance of kuwentos (Jocson, 2008) and counterstories (Delgado, 2001; Gillborn, 2009). Just as Renato Rosaldo (1989) argues that his analysis of a Filipino tribe’s headhunting practice was remiss without applying the personal context of his wife’s death, I argue research is remiss without the personal context that led to the design itself.

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Matias, C.E. (2016). “Who You Callin’ White?!”. In: Feeling White. Cultural Pluralism Democracy, Socio-environmental justice & Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-450-3_10

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