Abstract

This essay defines “benevolent gaslighting”: a technology of whiteness in which racisms are repurposed as benevolent misunderstandings. In reading disciplinary trends and cultural examples, we show how it (re)centers whiteness and prompts BIPOC to question their histories, memories, and realities by situating racial trauma as “progressive” teaching moments.

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College Composition and Communication
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2022-12-01
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10.58680/ccc202232278
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  1. Rhetoric Society Quarterly
  2. College English
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  4. College Composition and Communication

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