The White Racial Frame

(En)Countering a White Racial Frame at a Predominantly White Institution: The Case of The African American Student Network

“…Black students at predominantly White institutions (PWI) of higher education often encounter hostile environments that denigrate People of Color and place inherent value in Whiteness. The inherent value that upholds Whiteness over others stems from a grand social narrative that Feagin (2013) called the White racial frame (WRF). The WRF is a set of cultural narratives and symbols based in White supremacy and antiblackness that shape perceptions, ideologies, and even emotions in U.S. society (Feagin, 2013).…”

“…The inherent value that upholds Whiteness over others stems from a grand social narrative that Feagin (2013) called the White racial frame (WRF). The WRF is a set of cultural narratives and symbols based in White supremacy and antiblackness that shape perceptions, ideologies, and even emotions in U.S. society (Feagin, 2013). The WRF is thought to shape individual experiences, and we were interested in exploring how the WRF might shape the experiences of Black college students.…”

“…Navigating a racial frame that places inherent value in Whiteness is considered an everyday occurrence for Americans (Feagin, 2013). Feagin (2013) conceptualized the WRF to include five components: stereotypes and prejudice; racialized narratives; racial images; racialized emotions; and, a tendency to discriminate against People of Color.…”

The role of mediated sports programming on implicit racial stereotypes

“…The implicit nature of these results suggests that viewers are not consciously adopting these stereotypes, but instead that they are being consumed without the viewer's awareness. 60 It would stand to reason that heavy mediated sports consumers are automatically and unconsciously selecting information from mediated sports programming to construct part of their reality. However, for a more substantial advancement of social reality theory, additional demographic and individual differences data would be necessary.…”

“…15 In what Feagin refers to as the 'White racial frame' Carrington suggests that current views of race have been shaped by long-standing White supremacy. 16 Carrington expands upon this notion when he discusses the 'White colonial frame' as a centuries-old social and cultural reality, and examines the subsequent political and economic racial ramifications on the Black sporting diaspora. 17 However, in the communication and sociology literature, it is far less common for researchers to explore whether these stereotypical portrayals and/or the prevalence of sports in society leads to, reinforces, or correlates with specific stereotypes.…”