What's in a Building Name? A Critical Race Case Study of Racist Symbolism and the Campus Racial Climate

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Abstract

Informed by Critical Race Theory, the author interviewed 32 Black students at the University of Cincinnati to learn how the re/naming of the Arts and Sciences college—originally named after a slaveholder—shaped students’ perceptions of the campus racial climate.

Author

• Antar Akari Tichavakunda, University of Cincinnati