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fpq-3032	Lockard, Claire A	Unhappy Confessions: The Temptation of Admitting to White Privilege	2016	21	.pdf	application/pdf	9902	388	55	These declarations can be thought of as Foucauldian confessions; they make white people feel as though they have purified and transformed their core selves, which is why they/we think the statements work to combat racism or privilege.3 I conclude by suggesting that a better understanding of the unconscious habits of white privilege that tempt us toward confession can actually offer white people a more productive way forward than our confessions of privilege. 2 http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/fpq/vol2/iss2/2 DOI: 10.5206/fpq/2016.2.2 For Ahmed, these admissions allow white people to avoid engaging with their/our racism and white privilege while also reinforcing this racism and white privilege.	cache/fpq-3032.pdf	txt/fpq-3032.txt