A tale of two countries: how Whiteness shaped two women’s educations on race

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper examines how Whiteness has shaped two women’s education on race. Taken from a larger case study on the experiences of a group of Evangelicals in a Bible study that used a multicultural education curriculum, the narratives of Ellen, a White woman in her 70s, and Rose, a Colombian woman in her 20s, are discussed. Despite having vastly different upbringings in different time periods and different countries, the influence of the American Dream, White innocence, and White normativity had similar effects on their beliefs about race. The impact of the null curriculum in their educations is also discussed.