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- Title
"It just helps to know that there are people who share your experience": Exploring Racial Identity Development Through a Black Cultural Center.
- Authors
Hypolite, Liane I.
- Abstract
Literature about Black cultural centers (BCCs) detail the histories of these campus spaces and studies have explored BCCs and their contributions to Black students' experiences. Racial identity development is often a lifelong journey, but less is known about the role of BCCs in this process during college. This ethnographic study offers how a BCC at a historically White institution (HWI) functions for Black students as they explore their racial identity as a potential strategy for strengthening campus engagement. Using individual interviews and participant observations, the findings show how the BCC proactively supports students' understandings of (1) their personal racial identity, (2) the diversity that exists across Blackness, and (3) the common experiences that inform a shared racial identity.
- Subjects
CULTURAL centers; AFRICAN American college students; RACIAL identity of Black people; RACISM in higher education; DIVERSITY in education
- Publication
Journal of Negro Education, 2020, Vol 89, Issue 3, p233
- ISSN
0022-2984
- Publication type
Article