Posted on 03/25/2017 12:29:18 PM PDT by rightistight
April Hathcock, an attorney and NYU librarian, argues that "whiteness... has permeated every aspect of librarianship" and must be "dismantled."
Her article, titled "White Librarianship in Blackface: Diversity Initiatives in LIS," offers ways to "correct for whiteness" in the field of librarians.
"It is no secret that librarianship has traditionally been and continues to be a profession dominated by whiteness," Ms. Hathcock begins her piece.
"In this article, I use “whiteness” to refer not only to the socio-cultural differential of power and privilege that results from categories of race and ethnicity;" she writes. "It also stands as a marker for the privilege and power that acts to reinforce itself through hegemonic cultural practice that excludes all who are different."
Citing scholars who have tackled the "problem" of "whiteness" in libraries, Hathcock continues, "As Branche (2012) notes, "Whiteness and white normativity are embedded in U.S. library culture.""
Because of this, Hathcock argues, despite "diversity initiatives" to rid the librarian field of whiteness, they are not working.
In fact, asking prospective librarians for a "completed application" and "resume" are hardships because they are "situated in positions of white, middle-class, cisgender normativity that allow for the temporal, financial, and educational privilege."
She continues, "These applications are created particularly to recruit for whiteness and require the ability to play at whiteness in order to succeed."
Libraries accross the country must wash away "the blackface of white librarianship."
Ms. Hathcock concludes, "The first step is to help diverse applicants navigate the whiteness of the profession and make a concerted effort to dismantle whiteness from within." She adds, "In doing so, we can recreate the profession into one that truly embraces inclusivity. We can wash away our white librarianship in blackface."
“books are like Kryptonite”
And jobs, child-support payments, cursive writing skills, and the English language. ;-)
“Kill my landlord! C-I-L-L. Kill!”
Change Librarianship to Post Office
Change black to White.
Oh, so libraries are “White.” That’s why you find few books in black’s homes.
How you gonna make libraries black?
Insanity.
The deconstruction of civilization by race hustlers...
Well duh! .... Paint them solid black !
Hey, girl, that would end libraries as we know them, because it’s mostly Whities who go to libraries.
Or as you would say,
Hey, b!tch, dat be endin dem libbaries cuz it be da witebread crakers dat goes to dem libbaries.
Does she want to was away the Dewey Decimal system and the literacy required to understand and use it?
There’s been a lot of criticism of Melvil Dewey and his 19th century attitudes lately.
Yep love the Star Trek references........
What? You don’t see Marian the Librarian as a cisgendered racist hegemon?
she is black....she is smart....she is educated...
IIRC it is around 11-12%. But almost all of it is concentrated in major metro areas.
OH MY GOD!!! (clutching heart) Scrolling down, I just wasn’t ready for the size of that image....
It is why overdue to shut down libraries. There is absolutely no need for them. They are a complete waste of tax payer money. The research you can do on the computer is so much better then a library. Shut them all down and save the money for something else.
I am not competent enough to control it.
The lefties are in the process of doing that very thing.
Hear! Hear! Well said!
But my hometown graduation rate (Rochester NY)is now about 40%. Pretty sad.
I can’t read phrases like that without laughing and shaking my head.
If I’m ever confronted by someone using that sort of language seriously, it won’t go well for them. I *will* be making fun of them, to their face.
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