Frustrated with the flood of news articles and opinion pieces that
were skeptical of minority students' "imagined" campus
microaggressions, Micere Keels, a professor of comparative human
development, set out to provide a detailed account of how
racial-ethnic identity structures Black and Latinx students'
college transition experiences. Tracking a cohort of more than five
hundred Black and Latinx students since they enrolled at five
historically white colleges and universities in the fall of 2013
Campus Counterspaces finds that these students were not asking to
be protected from new ideas. Instead, they relished exposure to new
ideas, wanted to be intellectually challenged, and wanted to grow.
However, Keels argues, they were asking for access to
counterspaces—safe spaces that enable radical growth. They wanted
counterspaces where they could go beyond basic conversations about
whether racism and discrimination still exist. They wanted time in
counterspaces with likeminded others where they could
simultaneously validate and challenge stereotypical representations
of their marginalized identities and develop new counter narratives
of those identities. In this critique of how universities have
responded to the challenges these students face, Keels offers a way
forward that goes beyond making diversity statements to taking
diversity actions.
General
| Imprint: |
Cornell University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
2020 |
| First published: |
2019 |
| Authors: |
Micere Keels
(Associate Professor)
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
240 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5017-4790-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-5017-4790-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781501747908 |
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