Confronting Injustices in an Era of Adapted Racism to Construct College Choice and Transitions for Black and Latina/o/x Students

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium is grounded in the notion of racial realism (Bell, 1992), which includes “peaks of progress” and “racial patterns adapt(ing)” (pp. 373–374). With the Supreme Court outlawing affirmative action in colleges and states banning efforts centered on diversity, equity, and inclusion, the U.S. enters another era of adapted racism. The symposium highlights the importance of preparing Black and Latina/o/x students to choose and transition into college equipped with skills to navigate various injustices on their postsecondary journeys into institutions that were built with the intention to exclude them. Specific areas of discussion include a focus on: Black and Latino boys, the community college, constructing school-university partnerships, and the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion educators.

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education / Division J - Section 2a: College Student Access, Trajectories, and Transitions

Chair

• Frances Contreras, University of California - Irvine

Papers

• The Postsecondary Future Selves of Black and Latino Boys: Broadening What College-Going Schools Can Do - Roderick L. Carey, University of Delaware

• Rethinking Community College Outreach and Recruitment Efforts: Insights From Black and Latinx/e Students - Marcela G. Cuellar, University of California - Davis

• In Partnership to Build Institutional Resources: Informing Black and Latina/o/x Student Enrollments in Four-Year Colleges - Nancy Acevedo, California State University - San Bernardino

• When They Come for Me: Reflections From DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Educators Committed to Supporting Black and Brown Collegians - Chrystal A. George Mwangi, George Mason University