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Poison in the Ivy - Race Relations and the Reproduction of Inequality on Elite College Campuses (Paperback)
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Poison in the Ivy - Race Relations and the Reproduction of Inequality on Elite College Campuses (Paperback)
Series: The American Campus
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The world of elite campuses is one of rarified social circles, as
well as prestigious educational opportunities. W. Carson Byrd
studied twenty-eight of the most selective colleges and
universities in the United States to see whether elite students'
social interactions with each other might influence their racial
beliefs in a positive way, since many of these graduates will
eventually hold leadership positions in society. He found that
students at these universities believed in the success of the 'best
and the brightest,' leading them to situate differences in race and
status around issues of merit and individual effort. Poison in the
Ivy challenges popular beliefs about the importance of cross-racial
interactions as an antidote to racism in the increasingly diverse
United States. He shows that it is the context and framing of such
interactions on college campuses that plays an important role in
shaping students' beliefs about race and inequality in everyday
life for the future political and professional leaders of the
nation. Poison in the Ivy is an eye-opening look at race on elite
college campuses, and offers lessons for anyone involved in modern
American higher education.
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