Higher education in the United States, mainly since Brown v. Board of Education 1954, has lifted a philosophical impetus solidifying integrationist policies, practices, and pedagogy "as not only the most desirable, but most realizable condition of Black (co)existence in America" (Curry, 2008, p. 36). The course of events after Brown has…

I argue that analyses of racial(ised) discourse and policy processes in education must grapple with cultural disregard for and disgust with blackness. This article explains how a theorization of antiblackness allows one to more precisely identify and respond to racism in education discourse and in the formation and implementation of education…

This paper speaks to the experience of Black British male experience in academia, with emphasis on UK and US colleges and universities. It is an autoethnographic study in terms of relating, witnessing, and noting both learning and teaching experiences within the confines of higher education in the UK and US. The idea behind this paper is to…

Racial inequities, such as systematic disparities in school discipline and achievement outcomes, are a perennial characteristic of public education in the United States. Although attention to interracial chasms such as the Black-White achievement gap is common, limited efforts are devoted to understanding how and why colorism motivates imbalances…

Mention the state of Vermont and images of maple syrup, scenic mountains, and progressive politics come to mind. But in addition to skiing, farming, and fall foliage, there is also a startling history of racial and religious intolerance and bigotry. Burlington is known as the birthplace of John Dewey, whose enlightened views about education…

Many predominantly White universities and colleges are seeking ways to both recruit and retain Black students (Simmons, J., Lowery-Hart, R., Wahl, S. T., & McBride, M. C. (2013). "Understanding the African-American student experience in higher education through a relational dialectics perspective." "Communication…

African-American male students are systematically forced to confine themselves to the social construct that European-American society has developed for them. Actions, behaviors, and words that communicate this message spread both interracially and intraracially within schools and affect African-American males tremendously in terms of their…

Explains why black history should be included in elementary school curriculums, how this can be accomplished, and the probable effects. (DR)

The influence of the black movement on college campuses, the choice between integration and separatism, and other issues of the racial struggle of the sixties as it erupted in universities are discussed. (JH)

An analysis of white racism, based on the premise that Europeans (whites) are psychopaths in terms of their relationship with the black race. (EH)

Discusses three questions concerning the relationship between ethnic studies programs and incorporating faculty of color in the academy. Questions whether African American studies departments signify that faculty and students of color are incorporated; direct and indirect ways that minority faculty are their own stumbling blocks in the quest for…

Some introductory remarks on the history and significance of white opposition to racism as manifested against African and African-derived peoples, focusing principally on some notes for the pre-Revolutionary period. (EH)

Examines patterns of change and provides tentative support for the tradeoff'' hypothesis in employment. There is evidence of increasing employment discrimination against blacks throughout the nation. (DM)