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Tag: identity
African-American
Why College-Educated Black Women Are Threats in 2021
College-educated Black women are a threat ─ to the white American supremacy and higher education as we know it. Threats are meant to intimidate ─ to threaten is to give signs or warnings, to announce with intent or possibility, to cause to feel insecure or anxious. Threats hang and hover over, invoking fear with purpose. Threats are an indication of something impending. The threat of powerful, college-educated Black women in 2021 is looming. Warning signs ahead!
April 27, 2021
Sports
More Than an Athlete: Pivoting to a New Paradigm
Student-athletes all have some level of investment in their particular sport. This investment can come in the form of effort, time, emotions, money, hopes, and dreams. Perhaps the most impactful investment that they make is the investment of their identity. This is the level of which one’s view of their self is defined as being an athlete in their sport. How one defines themselves and how others define them makes up their identity.
April 7, 2021
Latinx
A Question of Identity: Examining Use of the Term ‘Latinx’
In academic and student activist circles, many have adopted the term “Latinx” as a gender-neutral and gender non-binary inclusive replacement for Latino or Latina. The word — which made its debut in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary in 2018 — is increasingly popular among scholars, with universities like Harvard, Yale and others offering Latinx studies programs. But only 3% of U.S. Hispanics actually use the term, according to a Pew Research Center study in August.
October 6, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
Do We All Look Alike?
“You all look alike,” is what people told me when I was a kid growing up. As an Asian American in the Midwest in the 1970s, before diversity was “a thing,” I was always aware my family was different — and difference was not celebrated. I laugh, or try to, now if anyone accuses me of identity politics. They have it backwards: I struggled to assimilate, to avoid being marked by my heritage. I understood to be accepted by my peers, I had to forsake my ancestors.
June 2, 2020
Social Justice
2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Donald ‘DJ’ Mitchell Jr.
When it comes to researching issues about diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education, Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr. has risen to the top of his field with his groundbreaking work on race, gender, identity and intersectionality within higher education contexts.
January 24, 2020
Latest News
2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III
Dr. Charles H. F. Davis III is quickly becoming one of the nation’s most prominent scholars. With a bold research agenda that looks at the intersectional politics of identity and systemic oppression, he specifically focuses on contemporary student social movements in college.
January 22, 2020
Health
Balance is Elusive. Seek Personal ‘Integration’ in 2020
“Work-life balance” is a widespread challenge, one originating in industrialization, the marketplace, and the reinforcement of public versus private spaces. Rather than work-life balance, for the new year attention must be paid to the ongoing integration between and among ourselves, our many identities, and the institutions and communities to which we belong.
January 14, 2020
Opinion
The Importance of a Diverse, Inclusive Community
Seventy years ago, Lyman T. Johnson became the first African-American student enrolled at the University of Kentucky. He bravely opened doors that were closed to too many, for too long.
December 19, 2019
LGBTQ+
Creating an LGBTQ+ Friendly Campus
Although higher education has been lauded for fostering an inclusive environment which facilitates identity development, college campuses are not immune to occurrences of hate and bias. Frequently these occurrences are unintentionally perpetuated by institutional policies and campus culture.
October 8, 2019
Students
CIEE Fellowship Program Promotes Study Abroad Equity
Only 10.9 percent of all United States study abroad students from 2016 to 2017 were from minority-serving institutions (MSIs), according to the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE). CIEE, a nonprofit study abroad organization, wants to level the playing field and increase student accessibility to international travel.
August 28, 2019
Asian American Pacific Islander
Cilantro and Prejudice
Cilantro is a good example for showing the stupidity of racial stereotypes. The herb, also known as coriander and Chinese parsley, is a staple in some cuisines to the surprise of diners of varying backgrounds who report it tastes like soap. It turns out that whether you like this seasoning or want to spit it out depends on your genetics — your heritage.
January 22, 2019
International
Naming Rights
I’ve thought a lot about this seemingly simple act of reading names at Commencement. Mostly I’ve thought that this ritual is far from simple: it punctuates one of the most complex learning experiences of college — figuring out who you are and what that who will be called. The 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child recognizes this powerful marker of human identity and human dignity. By signing on to this agreement (as have nearly 200 countries have) states must act in the best interests of children by complying with basic rights, including, vitally, the right to their own name and identity from birth.
December 10, 2018
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