The experiences of bicultural people and what they teach us about the infrastructure of whiteness

This thesis explores the particular position of bicultural people in the Netherlands, who have a certain proximity and distance to whiteness. The focus will be placed on bicultural people that are half white. Their experiences can be placed in three central themes; questions of exclusion, passing and discrimination, which teach us something about the infrastructure of whiteness. The experiences of my respondents will be analyzed with the tools provided by theory about passing, whiteness, infrastructures, and everyday racism. Inspired by Patricia Hill Collins, I hope to have contributed to situated, partial knowledge.