An Epiphany of Privilege: A Critical Examination of Nigrescence, White Privilege, and Critical Pedagogy

This essay explores White privilege in relationship to Black identity development and the education of youth through juxtaposition of the author’s White privilege and his bi-racial son’s nonprivilege. Through analysis of the exhaustive, yet mandatory, search to embody the stance of a “Critical Democrat” (Warren & Hytten, 2004) the author explores his son’s life through critical pedagogy and the ex…