A great deal of valuable research has been done on the basis of Mill's work on epistemologies of white ignorance. In particular, I find Melissa Steyn's (2012) work on white ignorance among narratives from the Apartheid Archives quite illuminating. But my own interest is on the way themes of white ignorance may (or may not) be traced among university students born in or just before 1994. There are, of course, many ways of eliciting data from students, and one needs to select the most appropriate collection method in terms of one's research focus. Is anyone else (in or outside South Africa) working specifically on white ignorance among university students?
Well, a colleague and I have attempted to broach this question meaningfully in a recent publication, if anyone is interested: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310840853_Reconfiguring_race_in_the_online_interactions_of_South_African_undergraduates
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I refer you to another resource - the journal called Understanding and Dismantling Privilege
https://www.wpcjournal.com/
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