Waking from the American Dream: Black Immigrant College Students’ Engagement in Racial Justice

• In Event: Undocumented and/or Immigrant Students and Tr*mp Era Discourse

Abstract

Using critical consciousness as a framework, this mixed methods study investigates how the predominantly white university environment plays a role in Black immigrants engagement with issues of race and racism in the U.S. Specifically, we consider how Black immigrant collegians perceive their role in working towards racial justice.

Authors

• Chrystal A. George Mwangi, University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Alicia Peralta, University of Maryland, College Park

• Sharon Fries-Britt, University of Maryland

• Nina Daoud, University of Maryland