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Thinking Allowed: White Privilege - Racial Ambiguity

White Privilege - Racial Ambiguity

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, White Privilege - Racial Ambiguity

What is white privilege? And what is the evidence that racial binaries are breaking down?

What is white privilege? Laurie Taylor explores enduring patterns of disadvantage in Britain. Also, are racial binaries breaking down in America?

Racial ambiguity in America: Lisa Kingstone, Senior Teaching Fellow in Race and Identity at Kings College, London, asks what happens to a country that was built on race when the boundaries of black and white have started to fade. She’s joined by the writer, Bidisha. Also, what is meant by white privilege? Kalwant Bhopal, Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, discusses her new study.

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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