White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race

In White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores a central paradox of Dutch life-the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia-to show how the narrative of Dutch racial exceptionalism elides the Netherland's colonial past and safeguards white privilege.

• | Author: Gloria Wekker
• | Publisher: Duke University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 29, 2016
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780822360759
• | ISBN-10: 0822360756