Publication Date
2018
Journal or Book Title
Journal of College Student Development
Abstract
The systemic racism in U.S. society being resisted through larger movements such as Black Lives Matter is also reflected and reproduced in U.S. higher education. This qualitative study examines how Black students contextualize their campus racial climate within broader race issues, tensions, and movements occurring across the nation. Findings reveal four themes: (1) Perceptions of Blackness on campus; (2) Campus racial climate mirroring societal racial climate; (3) Experiencing and engaging in movements on campus; (4) Impact of racial climate on future planning.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2018.0042
Pages
456-474
Volume
59
Issue
4
License
UMass Amherst Open Access Policy
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
George Mwangi, Chrystal A.; Thelamour, Barbara; Ezeofor, Ijeoma; and Carpenter, Ashley, ""Black elephant in the room": Black students contextualizing campus racial climate within U.S. racial climate" (2018). Journal of College Student Development. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2018.0042