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- Title
Counter-storytelling: The Experiences of Women of Colour in Higher Education.
- Authors
Verjee, Begum
- Abstract
This article is based on a research study that explored the experiences of women of colour at the University of British Columbia (UBC), using critical race feminism as epistemology. Critical race feminism sets out to understand how society organizes itself along the inter-sections of race, gender, class, and all forms of social hierarchies. Critical race feminist theory utilizes counter-storytelling to legitimize the voices and experiences of women of colour, and draws on these knowledges in efforts to eradicate all forms of social oppression. In this research study, women of colour students, non-academic staff, faculty, and non-university community members shared their experiences of systemic exclusion at and in relation to UBC. These stories, based on intersectional and multiple sites of oppression, unveiled hegemonic structures and practices which prevented these groups from participating as legitimate, equal, and contributing members of the institution.
- Subjects
UNIVERSITY of British Columbia; MINORITY women; CRITICAL race feminism; RACIALIZATION; WOMEN college students; WHITE privilege
- Publication
Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice / Études Critiques sur le Genre, la Culture, et la Justice, 2013, Vol 36, Issue 1, p22
- ISSN
0702-7818
- Publication type
Article