DOI
10.9707/1944-5660.1189
Key Points
· Racial disparities are driven and maintained by public- and private-sector policies that not only disadvantage communities of color but also over-advantage whites. Foundation processes aimed at racial equity change often overlook the privileged side of inequity.
· Through our experience as racial equity practitioners, we have encountered at least three challenges to engaging foundations in exploring white privilege and white culture in their internal and external racial equity work.
· For foundations to work toward racial equity through their philanthropic investments and leadership, they must shine a light on white privilege and white culture both internally and externally.
· This article discusses tools for tackling those challenges: creating a container with intentional group norms, exploring accumulated racial advantages and disadvantages, reflecting on white culture, and caucusing by racial identity.
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Recommended Citation
Gulati-Partee, G., & Potapchuk, M. (2014). Paying Attention to White Culture and Privilege: A Missing Link to Advancing Racial Equity. The Foundation Review, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.9707/1944-5660.1189
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