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Publication Date: 2021-Mar
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A Critical Race Analysis of University Acts of Racial "Redress": The Limited Potential of Racial Symbols
Educational Policy, v35 n2 p304-322 Mar 2021
More historically White institutions of higher education are compelled to respond, in some way, to increased activism and awareness of continued legacies of racism and racial crises on campuses. The author suggests that how schools wrestle with their legacies of racism and/or respond to student demands to right racial wrongs on campus might be considered university acts of racial redress. Through a Critical Race Theory inspired chronicle, the author argues that seemingly positive university acts of racial redress such as policies, place un/naming, or public statements are, in fact, Racial Symbols that do little to change the material realities of racially marginalized people on campus.
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, Racial Bias, Higher Education, Activism, Universities, Equal Education, Student Diversity, Enrollment, Minority Group Students, Undergraduate Students, Educational Change, Social Justice, College Administration, Responses, Student Unions, Cultural Centers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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