# Urn **Covers**:: **Source**:: **Creator**:: # Highlights ##### ^230781033 highlight_tags:: [[white privilege]], [[racism]], [[white supremacy]] What is the purpose of the white racial identity model in society founded on White Supremacy? ###### ^230781033q The literature on White racial identity development provides a theo-retical construct for understanding how White people navigate a racialized society ^230781033 ##### ^230781034 What is a white person's perception of race grounded in and why can white people be ignorant of race's existence? ###### ^230781034q This model acknowl-edged that White people’s racial consciousness is grounded in their perceptions of themselves in relation to People of Color. ^230781034 ##### ^230781035 highlight_tags:: [[white privilege]], [[white supremacy]] ###### ^230781035q There are five essential elements of White privilege. ^230781035 ##### ^230781036 ###### ^230781036q First, it is a system of advan-tages and benefits that keeps power (economic, social, and political) in the possession of White people (McIntosh, 1992). Second, White privi-lege is invisible and is designed for the behold-er to remain oblivious to its existence (Sullivan, 2006). Third, White privilege is deeply en ^230781036 ##### ^230781037 ###### ^230781037q grained into the psyche of White people and there is no way for it to not develop (Sullivan, 2006). Fourth, White privilege cannot be given back. It is not something White people can consciously choose to avoid or give up (Wise, 2008c). Finally, privilege for one group can only exist if there is a group that is correspond-ingly disadvantaged, such as People of Color (Wildman & Davis, 2008; Wise, 2008c). ^230781037 ##### ^230781038 highlight_tags:: [[color blindness]] ###### ^230781038q Contemporary racism is covert, subtle, and largely directed at main-taining social inequalities based on race. ^230781038 ##### ^230781039 ###### ^230781039q This denial of race allows White people to continue to ignore their Whiteness, and the privileges that come with identifying as White, but also the role race plays in the daily lives of People of Color ^230781039 ##### ^230781040 What is the purpose of racial affinity groups? - Affinity groups provide space the is focused one affinity and not the strife between affinity groups. It also members to learn from their other members without fear of offending or exhausting disadvantaged affinity groups ###### ^230781040q Racial af-finity groups have been used at NSU for several years to provide an opportunity for dominant and subordinated group members to explore issues specific to their respective identities ^230781040