The Problem with White People, with Insight from St. Paul

Authors

Jason M. Schlude, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-5-2019

Disciplines

American Studies | History | United States History

Abstract

“I’m proud to be white,” someone recently told me. He interjected the comment in a contentious political conversation. I responded by advocating “more caution” in expression. The exchange fizzled without resolution. Yet this phrase, “proud to be white,” continues to disturb. My conversation partner was no white supremacist. But his chosen phrase would have fooled many. What lies within it is a key for understanding a threatening and intractable problem of American society: what I call “the problem of white people.”

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Originally Published at activisthistory.com

Recommended Citation

Schlude, Jason M., "The Problem with White People, with Insight from St. Paul" (2019). Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications. 3.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/lngs_pubs/3