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Black Scholars Experiencing and Resisting Superficial Institutional Commitments to Social Justice

Wed, April 23, 4:20 to 5:50pm MDT (4:20 to 5:50pm MDT), The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 108

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In response to national racial unrest precipitated by visible incidents of violence against Black bodies in 2020, many colleges and universities amplified commitments to social justice. Such commitments often materialized in the form of centers for antiracist research, increased recruitment of diverse faculty and students, and required bias training. However, four years later, calls for social justice have dissipated in the face of increasing anti-DEI legislation. By elevating four papers that center the experiences of Black early-career scholars through nuanced theoretical perspectives, the presentations in this symposium reveal and respond to the superficiality of institutional commitments to social justice, and subsequent reproduction of Black suffering.

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