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Affirming Race, Diversity, and Equity through Black and Latinx Students' Lived Experiences
- Source :
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American Educational Research Journal . Oct 2017 54(5):868-903. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Immediately after President Obama's successful campaign, many hypothesized that the United States had entered a post-racial era. This study uses critical race theory to examine how high-achieving Black and Latinx college students make meaning of and navigate affirmative action policy discourses in an era of colorblind racial politics. Semi-structured interviews with 46 alumni of two race-conscious college access programs illustrate how participants employ a race-conscious framework that affirms the reality of race-conscious policies. Their discourse addressing race, intersectionality, and equity disrupts colorblind ideology. Connecting our analysis to the current social landscape, we argue intersectionality offers a framework for engaging politics of accountability. In the conclusion, we conceptually distinguish between post-racial era conditions and post-race (or post-racist) aspirations.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0002-8312
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- American Educational Research Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1156675
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831217708550