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- Title
The Heterogeneity of Resistance: How Black Students Utilize Engagement and Activism to Challenge PWI Inequalities.
- Authors
Jones, Veronica A.; Reddick, Richard J.
- Abstract
The national prevalence of systemic bias, such as police brutality, has influenced resistance to institutionalized racism on college campuses. Because of the daily microaggressions Black students experience at predominantly White institutions, they often utilize various forms of engagement and activism to hold institutions accountable for equity in higher education. Through this study the authors examined how Black student leaders challenge inequitable policies through their individual as well as collective efforts. Using a social identity framework and case study methodology, Black student leaders' reflections on their strategies in invoking change on campus are explored. Through heterogeneous approaches of engagement and activism, participants called attention to the greater need of communities of color being included in institutional reform.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AFRICAN American college students; STUDENT political activity; CIVIL disobedience; RACISM in higher education; RACE relations in the United States; STUDENT activism; STUDENT leadership; GROUP identity; EQUALITY &; society; EQUALITY
- Publication
Journal of Negro Education, 2017, Vol 86, Issue 3, p204
- ISSN
0022-2984
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7709/jnegroeducation.86.3.0204