Rachel Sharples: White Privilege, 'Anti-White Racism' and White Supremacy in Australia, Gebunden
White Privilege, 'Anti-White Racism' and White Supremacy in Australia
- A Slippery Slope to Societal Harm
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Academic, 10/2026
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781666942927
- Item number:
- 12622031
- Volume:
- 224 Pages
- Weight:
- 503 g
- Format:
- 28 x 28 mm
- Thickness:
- 28 mm
- Release date:
- 1.10.2026
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
White Privilege, 'Anti-white Racism' and White Supremacy in Australia examines the rise of white victimhood narratives in Australia, particularly the growing claims of 'anti-white racism'-the belief that white people are now the targets of prejudice and systemic discrimination. Sharples and Blair place these claims within the broader framework of Australia's settler-colonial and multicultural identity, arguing that narratives of white victimhood function as a continuation of denial-denial of racism, of white privilege, and of Indigenous sovereignty and dispossession. They unpack how mainstream institutions have legitimised and amplified these narratives, giving them a platform and reinforcing a backlash against diversity, anti-racism and social progress. White victimhood is not a new phenomenon in Australia, but in recent years, it has reached new heights, emboldened by shifting global politics and a sense of entitlement tied to the perceived loss of privilege. This book examines what these claims reveal about race, power and national identity in contemporary Australia-and the political and social stakes of not taking them seriously.