Peer reviewed
Direct linkERIC Number: EJ813776
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Sep
Pages: 36
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0010-096X
EISSN: N/A
Language, Literacy, and the Institutional Dynamics of Racism: Late-1960s Writing Instruction for "High-Risk" African American Undergraduate Students at One Predominantly White University
Lamos, Steve
College Composition and Communication, v60 n1 p46-81 Sep 2008
This essay analyzes the ways in which subtly but powerfully racist ideologies of language and literacy shaped the institutional development of one writing program for "high-risk" African American college students during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It further theorizes the value of such institutional analysis for counteracting racism within present-day writing programs. (Contains 31 notes.)
Descriptors: African American Students, Undergraduate Students, Ideology, Writing Instruction, Open Enrollment, Higher Education, At Risk Students, Essays, Minority Groups
National Council of Teachers of English. 1111 West Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096. Tel: 877-369-6283; Tel: 217-328-3870; Web site: http://www.ncte.org/journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Illinois
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
