ERIC Number: EJ1214130
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2984
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The Heterogeneity of Resistance: How Black Students Utilize Engagement and Activism to Challenge PWI Inequalities
Jones, Veronica A.; Reddick, Richard J.
Journal of Negro Education, v86 n3 p204-219 Sum 2017
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.
Descriptors: African American Students, Learner Engagement, Activism, College Students, Institutional Characteristics, Whites, Resistance (Psychology), Campuses, Higher Education, Minority Group Students, Leadership
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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