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www-inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe-org-7178		Soliciting Performance, Hiding Bias: Whiteness and Librarianship – In the Library with the Lead Pipe			.html	text/html	7771	559	60	By identifying and interrogating the body of white, middle class values inherent to both librarianship and professional job searching, I offer suggestions to encourage an authentically diverse pool of applicants. The whiteness of librarianship begins long before the job application process, as traditionally underrepresented students come to university systems with varying experiences in libraries. This same system employed several librarians who insisted on business wear for work in a casual dress environment, explaining "Children in this neighborhood need a model for what a professional is, because they don't have contact with any." Many public library systems continue to address poverty from a deficit theory framework, ignoring the connection between treating poor people as inherently flawed and the profession's inability to recruit marginalized workers. Librarianship in the United States lacks diversity because the existing workforce functions within oppressive structures, while the culture of whiteness in libraries maintains them.	./cache/www-inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe-org-7178.html	./txt/www-inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe-org-7178.txt