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Macro-Context: Professional Identity and the Public Space

In: Whiteness and Stigma in the Workplace

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  • Anne Crafford

    (University of Pretoria)

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The aim of this chapter is to explore at the macro-level of analysis the influence of stigma and Whiteness in the identity work of professionals of colour within the public space. These areas included education, both schooling and university, as well as legislation, most specifically relating to employment equity and broad-based Black economic empowerment. This chapter explores the dynamics of the schooling and university systems, as well as their impact on aspirant professionals of colour. It considers contrasts in rural versus urban schools, the ways in which historical racial spaces continue to be reproduced and the consequences for identity regulation. Finally, it explains how legislation, aimed at redress for the structural inequalities of apartheid continues to be used by White people to restrict and challenge the professional identity of people of colour.

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  • Anne Crafford, 2022. "Macro-Context: Professional Identity and the Public Space," Springer Books, in: Whiteness and Stigma in the Workplace, chapter 0, pages 111-157, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-09811-6_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-09811-6_4
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