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Exclusive Inclusion of White Space: Systemic Racism Experiences of Students of Color in Higher Education

Sun, April 14, 11:25am to 12:55pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 100, Room 108A

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Antiracist efforts and cultural shifts in the academy must be grounded in the experiential knowledge of students who are most impacted by systemic racism. As an overarching inquiry, our symposium centers around Black and non-Black students’ of Color experiences of systemic racism and microaggressions and ways that they push back against them. How might students’ experiences inform antiracist cultural shifts at HWIs? We present five empirical multiple-methods studies focused on students’ experiences with recruitment, environmental racial microaggressions, felt-experiential knowledge of systemic racism; life-long repercussions of racism on one’s mental health; and epistemic oppression in the U.S. south. Studies highlight ongoing systemic racism, its impact on students' experiences, and the ways students navigate the exclusivity of white institutional spaces.

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