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Taking up space : the black girl's manifesto for change / by Kwakye, Chelsea,author.; Ogunbiyi, Ore,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286).As a minority in a predominantly white institution, taking up space is an act of resistance. And in higher education, feeling like you constantly have to justify your existence within institutions that weren't made for you is an ongoing struggle for many people. Two recent Cambridge graduates wrote Taking Up Space as a guide and a manifesto for change: tackling issues of access, unrepresentative curricula, discrimination in the classroom, the problems of activism and life before and after university. Featuring honest conversations with students past and present, Taking Up Space goes beyond the buzzwords of diversity and inclusion and explores what those words truly mean for young black girls today.
Subjects: Segregation in education.; Racism in education.; Education, Higher;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The state must provide : why America's colleges have always been unequal--and how to set them right / by Harris, Adam(Journalist),author.;
Presents a definitive chronicle of the pervasiveness of racial inequality in American higher education, weaving through the legal, social, and political obstacles erected to block equitable education in the United States.Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-248) and index.
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Discrimination in higher education; Racism in higher education; Segregation in higher education; Education, Higher;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Black women, ivory tower : revealing the lies of White supremacy in American education / by Harris, Jasmine L.,author.(CARDINAL)883762;
Includes bibliographical references.A meager inheritance -- The power of a story -- The disappearance of Black teachers -- Racing -- The performance of belonging -- Body work -- Class matters -- Benediction."From a rising voice in the study of Black Lives in the US comes a book about racism in higher education, with a focus on the experience of Black women and girls in predominately white colleges and universities. Black Women, Ivory Tower blends the author's own experiences and family history with socio-historical analysis and research, to analyze the ways that systemic racism has denied Black women an equitable education and chart a course for a more equitable future"--
Subjects: Racism in higher education; Sexism in higher education; African American women in higher education.; African American women;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Affirmative action / by Marzilli, Alan.(CARDINAL)671417;
Bibliography: pages 98-99.Contents: Affirmative Action and the University of Michigan Cases.--Point: Affirmation action is no longer justified as a remedy for racism.--Counterpoint: Racism still pervades society.--Point: Efforts to promote "diversity" harm society.--Counterpoint: Promoting diversity helps education, business, and democracy.--Point: Preferences are harmful to recipients and "nonfavored" minorities.--Counterpoint: Afirmative action policies help people for whom the playing field is not level.--Conclusion: the Future of Affirmative Action.
Subjects: Essays.; Diversity in higher education; Affirmative action programs; Diversity in the workplace; Racism; Racism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Blackballed [sound recording]/ by Ross, Lawrence C.,author.(CARDINAL)703438; Butler, Ron,Jr.,narrator.(CARDINAL)834920;
Read by Ron Butler.An explosive and controversial book that rips the veil off America's hidden secret: America's colleges have fostered a racist environment that makes them a hostile space for African American students. Lawrence Ross exposes the white fraternity and sorority system, with traditions of racist parties, songs, and assaults on black students; and the universities themselves, who name campus buildings after racist men and women. It also takes a deep dive into anti-affirmative action policies, and how they effectively segregate predominately white universities, providing ample room for white privilege.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Racism in higher education; Discrimination in higher education; African Americans; African American college students; College campuses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ebony and ivy : race, slavery, and the troubled history of America's universities / by Wilder, Craig Steven.(CARDINAL)685582;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: African Americans; Discrimination in higher education; Minorities; Racism in education; Slavery; Universities and colleges;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Ebony & ivy : race, slavery, and the troubled history of America's universities / by Wilder, Craig Steven,author.(CARDINAL)685582;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue : a Connecticut Yankee at an ancient Indian mound -- Part I. Slavery and the rise of the American college. The edges of the empire -- "Bonfires of the Negros" -- "The very name of a West-Indian" -- Ebony and ivy -- Part II. Race and the rise of the American College. Whitening the Promised Land -- "All students & all Americans" -- "On the bodily and mental inferiority of the Negro" -- "Could they be sent back to Africa" -- Epilogue : cotton comes to Harvard."A 2006 report commissioned by Brown University revealed that institution's complex and contested involvement in slavery--setting off a controversy that leapt from the ivory tower to make headlines across the country. But Brown's troubling past was far from unique. In Ebony and Ivy, Craig Steven Wilder, a rising star in the profession of history, lays bare uncomfortable truths about race, slavery, and the American academy. Many of America's revered colleges and universities--from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton to Rutgers, Williams College, and UNC--were soaked in the sweat, the tears, and sometimes the blood of people of color. The earliest academies proclaimed their mission to Christianize the savages of North America, and played a key role in white conquest. Later, the slave economy and higher education grew up together, each nurturing the other. Slavery funded colleges, built campuses, and paid the wages of professors. Enslaved Americans waited on faculty and students; academic leaders aggressively courted the support of slave owners and slave traders. Significantly, as Wilder shows, our leading universities, dependent on human bondage, became breeding grounds for the racist ideas that sustained them. Ebony and Ivy is a powerful and propulsive study and the first of its kind, revealing a history of oppression behind the institutions usually considered the cradle of liberal politics." -- Publisher's description.A leading African American historian of race in America exposes the uncomfortable truths about race, slavery, and the American academy, revealing that leading universities, dependent on human bondage, became breeding grounds for the racist ideas that sustained it.
Subjects: African Americans; Discrimination in higher education; Minorities; Racism in education; Slavery; Universities and colleges;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 11
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Racism in American public life : a call to action / by Cole, Johnnetta B.,author.(CARDINAL)523162;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-131)."Cole examines the influence of race and racism on education, particularly the liberal arts, and the wider implication for American society specifically looking at three groups: first, further marginalized groups within Black communities, such as poor and/or queer people; secondly, institutions of higher education in leading conversations on race and racism; and thirdly, how racist forces impact higher education making it a site for transformation and action"--
Subjects: Racism in higher education; African Americans; Educational equalization;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The campus color line : college presidents and the 1960s struggle for black freedom / by Cole, Eddie Rice,II,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-335) and index."This is a good movement" : black presidents and the dismantling of segregation -- "We simply cannot operate in slums" : the university and housing discrimination -- "Segregation is immoral" : race, university systems, and bureaucratic resistance -- "The university has become a pawn" : the fight for autonomy at a public university -- "The more violent and adamant" : anticipating and preventing white resistance -- "The northern outpost of Southern culture" : free speech and civil rights -- "A truly influential role" : college presidents develop affirmative action programs."This book unfolds the untold history of one of the United States' most notable civil rights crises from the perspective of academic leaders"--
Subjects: African Americans; African Americans; College presidents; College integration; Racism in higher education; Discrimination in higher education; Higher education and state; Civil rights movements;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The unfortunates : a novel / by Chukwu, J K(Jennifer K),author.;
Sahara, a queer, half-Nigerian college sophomore who feels like an all-around failure, finds hope, answers, and unexpected redemption when she sets out to find the truth about The Unfortunates--the unlucky subset of black undergrads who have been mysteriously disappearing.Sahara is Not Okay. Entering her sophomore year at Elite University, she feels like a failure: her body is too curvy, her love life is nonexistent, her family is disappointed in her, her grades are terrible, and, well, the few Black classmates she has just keep dying. Sahara is close to giving up, herself: her depression is, as she says, her only "Life Partner." And this narrative--taking the form of an irreverent, piercing "thesis" to the university committee that will judge her--is meant to be a final unfurling of her singular, unforgettable voice before her own inevitable disappearance and death. But over the course of this wild sophomore year, and supported by her eccentric community of BIPOC women, Sahara will eventually find hope, answers, and an unexpected redemption.
Subjects: Campus fiction.; Fiction.; College students, Black; African American college students; Nigerian Americans; Bisexual college students; College sophomores; Depression, Mental; Missing persons; Racism; Racism against Black people; Racism in higher education; Racism.;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 14
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