The Challenges of Becoming a White Ally

Abstract

The four articles in this Major Contribution represent a major step toward defining, identifying, discussing, and analyzing the many internal and external challenges faced by White individuals on their journeys to developing nonracist and antiracist identities. I attempt to extract important White ally themes from the contributions, indicate areas of concern, stress that being nonracist is not enough, and point to an important area of preparation that would aid White individuals in becoming allies in the struggle for equal rights.