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ERIC Number: EJ1338057
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0897-5264
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Sorority and Fraternity Life: Examining Racial Discourse via Institutional Websites
Garcia, Crystal E.; Walker, William; Bradley, Samantha E.; Smith, Kathleen
Journal of College Student Development, v62 n5 p547-562 Sep-Oct 2021
Scholarship has provided some insight into inequities that exist within sorority and fraternity life (SFL), whereas members of culturally based sororities and fraternities within Multicultural Greek Councils (MGC) and National Pan-Hellenic Councils (NPHC) report being treated as inferior to those in historically white organizations. However, few studies have examined institutional efforts to render culturally based sororities and fraternities visible to campus communities. This qualitative critical discourse analysis examined how SFL offices at 18 research universities in the southeastern United States communicated information about councils through institutional SFL web pages. Findings show that few communities attempted to represent council information equally, with MGC and NPHC most often underrepresented within these spaces. Using tenets from critical race theory and critical whiteness studies, we describe three forms of discourse apparent through our analysis of SFL web pages: discourse of color evasiveness, discourse of erasure, and discourse of equality. Research and practice implications are discussed.
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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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Identifiers - Location: Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Mississippi; North Carolina; South Carolina; Tennessee
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