'Amplifying the "white noise"': A response to dharman jeyasingham

Abstract

Dharman Jeyainghams (2011) contribution purports to provide a 'critical evaluation' of social work educations engagement with 'whiteness studies'. Although seeking to respond to some of the conceptual confusion-the 'white noise'-within this field, the author makes no attempt to incorporate the literature addressing Irish people in Britain. On account of this lacunae, the article, which aims ostensibly to illuminate the significance of 'whiteness' within a more critical and encompassing discourse on 'race' and ethnicity, risks reinforcing an inadequate black/white binary approach whilst, seemingly, seeking to dismantle it. © 2012 The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved.