In Whiteness and Social Change Colin Salter provides acomparativeengagement with
whiteness - the unearned and at timesunmarkedsocial-structural privilege
afforded some at the expense ofothers- in contemporary Australia and Canada.
Blendingexistingscholarship in sociology, science studies, political
theoryandcritical whiteness studies, the analysis presented is as engagedasit is
broad. Through a detailed examination of highprofilecommunity campaigns at
Sandon Point (New South Wales,Australia)and the Red Hill Creek valley (Ontario,
Canada), situatedalongsidean analysis of white interpretations of the 1966 Wave
Hillwalkout(Northern Territory, Australia), the actions of
broadercommunitiessupporting First People struggles are reflected on toexpose
howwhiteness is both performative and manifests itselfirrespective ofintent.
Whiteness and Social Change highlightsexamples where thepolitics of experience
produces moments ofcognitive dissonanceamongst white