Whiteness in Country Clubs: A Critical Analysis

Whiteness in Country Clubs: A Critical Analysis

Whiteness in Country Clubs

Whiteness studies dealing with the whiteness social construction focusing on its normalizing and invisible function were initially established by Du Boise as he challenged Marxism. Marxism regards class analysis as a key tool prior to the spur of racial groupings (Allen). The whiteness theory considers whiteness as a social construction, rather than a biological category. As much as whiteness is regarded as natural, it is also considered as a scientific category or a personal attribute. According to Cheryl Harris whiteness is best consideration of as a type of property. Envisaged of as cultural or legal property, whiteness may be seen to present…