ABSTRACT
The introduction addresses the core concepts of whiteness, the state of the field of Critical Whiteness Studies, and the continued relevance of intersectionality. It starts out by referring to a range of examples that testify to the continuing problems with race/ethnicity and whiteness, such as the election of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote, and the rise of the new right across Europe. What all these examples have in common is that they demonstrate the continuing problem of racism and white hegemony not only within isolated national cultures, but within a broader global context. Thus, the authors argue, these issues require a multimodal and interdisciplinary academic approach that scrutinizes the intersectional factors at play in maintaining whiteness as a hegemonic cultural identity formation.
