Being Black in the ivory : truth-telling about racism in higher education / edited by Shardé M. Davis (Ph.D.).
2024
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Being Black in the ivory : truth-telling about racism in higher education / edited by Shardé M. Davis (Ph.D.).
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Davis, Shardé M., editor.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2024]
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©2024
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xv, 295 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
2020 vision: the impact of police brutality through the lens of a student in Minneapolis / Jael Kerandi, lead narrative
Access denied: a black student and a forgotten identity / Anisha Melton
A grim encounter / Jewell Stewart Lay
Missed appointment / AJ
Double major discouraged / anonymous
Progress deferred / Christopher R. Ortega
Juggling two worlds / Andraya Yearwood, spotlight narrative
Rebuilding black history as an undergraduate / Danielle Geathers, spotlight narrative
What I wish someone had told me
Don't believe the hype! On the false universalism of the American akademy / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, lead narrative
Microaggressions at a job talk / anonymous
The consequences of getting it right: navigating anti-blackness in graduate quantitative methods courses / Paris Wicker
So y'all gon' give it to her? / Candis Harris
Don't attack my city / Precious Boone
Presumed incompetent by a medical student / Nadia A. Sam-Agudu
The blissful ignorance of the distinguished Benedict / A. Lamont Williams
Graduate school trauma: self-preservation in the ivory tower / Carol Ann Jackson, spotlight narrative
Young scholars led astray: why advising matters / anonymous
If I could belong / Alexis Grant
I got wants and needs: characterizing blackness onstage and offstage for black student performers / Laura D. Oliver
Strange fruit, familiar tune / Clifton Boyd, spotlight narrative
Curriculum punishment in the ivory / Dominique Branson
This is my story / Bernadette M. Gailliard
Silent no more / Christine Lynn McClure
The student who called reverse racism / Bentley Porterfield-Finn
Sorry, I don't understand you / Diane Ezeh Aruah
Remembrances of running in the snow: black hidden disability in white eyes / Nicole Eugene
Hung up on the hang-ups of graduate school / Johnesha Harris
The effect of hostile environments in academia on a black scientist: testimony from a lived experience / Barnabas
What I wish someone had told me
Developing a philosophical armor for achieving in academia / Cato T. Laurencin, lead narrative
Removing the racial ladder in the ivory tower: a black response to racism in the academy / Molefi Kete Asante, spotlight narrative
Thank you for your blackness: an honest offer letter / Charisse L'Pree
Hey, you're black: what do we do? we don't know what to do / anonymous
I believe I'll run on / E. Patrick Johnson, spotlight narrative
The journey of destiny for an African American male in the academy / Herman O. Kelly Jr.
To be black, a woman, and pre-tenure: a narrative of faculty devaluation and exclusion / anonymous
Crossing over: to the other side / Mark Broomfield
Intersectionality: the tightrope of career success in the medical ivory tower / Tamorah Lewis
It be our own sometimes: what is institutional misogynoir when one of the main perpetrators is a black woman herself? / anonymous
Thank goodness we did / anonymous
The paths to not-tenure are littered with landmines and burned-out cars / Donald Earl Collins, spotlight narrative
#Justiceforblackwomenfacultyandstaff / Lucy Anne Hurston
Fool me once, shame on you: fool me twice, shame on me / Tuesday L. Cooper
Not everyone who wants a black faculty member wants a black faculty member / Michael Irvin Arrington
Community and commiseration / Rosamond S. King
Audacity and angst: the emotional trauma of audacious encounters / Kerri-Ann M. Smith
Even when we win, we lose / anonymous
A call to leverage black voice / Evelyn B. Winfield-Thomas
Incidents in the life of a black prof: a speculative curriculum vitae / Valorie Diane Thomas
What's in a name? / Tameka Porter
Academic lynching: chronicles of a black scholar's deleterious racialized experiences at a university in Texas / Thelma "Pepper" G. McCoy
Encoding anti-black racism into academic compensation structures / Ijeoma Nnodim Opara
White privilege / Amardo Rodriguez
The small things add up / Thomas F. DeFrantz, spotlight narrative
Navigating natural hair in academia / Carolyn Desalu
Convenient narratives holding back #BlackintheIvory / Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Embracing teaching moments from microaggressive classroom discussions / Eletra Gilchrist-Petty
The only reason you're here is because you're black ... / Timothy E. Lewis
I am not your magical negro / Amir Asim Gilmore
Race work at PWIs / Valerie C. Johnson
What I wish someone had told me
Seeking alternatives to academia / Karida L. Brown, lead narrative
Getting off track / Kai Marshall Green, spotlight narrative
When a moral imperative isn't enough / Paul C. Harris, spotlight narrative
Claiming a free black scholarly self / Maria S. Johnson
What I wish someone had told me.
Access denied: a black student and a forgotten identity / Anisha Melton
A grim encounter / Jewell Stewart Lay
Missed appointment / AJ
Double major discouraged / anonymous
Progress deferred / Christopher R. Ortega
Juggling two worlds / Andraya Yearwood, spotlight narrative
Rebuilding black history as an undergraduate / Danielle Geathers, spotlight narrative
What I wish someone had told me
Don't believe the hype! On the false universalism of the American akademy / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, lead narrative
Microaggressions at a job talk / anonymous
The consequences of getting it right: navigating anti-blackness in graduate quantitative methods courses / Paris Wicker
So y'all gon' give it to her? / Candis Harris
Don't attack my city / Precious Boone
Presumed incompetent by a medical student / Nadia A. Sam-Agudu
The blissful ignorance of the distinguished Benedict / A. Lamont Williams
Graduate school trauma: self-preservation in the ivory tower / Carol Ann Jackson, spotlight narrative
Young scholars led astray: why advising matters / anonymous
If I could belong / Alexis Grant
I got wants and needs: characterizing blackness onstage and offstage for black student performers / Laura D. Oliver
Strange fruit, familiar tune / Clifton Boyd, spotlight narrative
Curriculum punishment in the ivory / Dominique Branson
This is my story / Bernadette M. Gailliard
Silent no more / Christine Lynn McClure
The student who called reverse racism / Bentley Porterfield-Finn
Sorry, I don't understand you / Diane Ezeh Aruah
Remembrances of running in the snow: black hidden disability in white eyes / Nicole Eugene
Hung up on the hang-ups of graduate school / Johnesha Harris
The effect of hostile environments in academia on a black scientist: testimony from a lived experience / Barnabas
What I wish someone had told me
Developing a philosophical armor for achieving in academia / Cato T. Laurencin, lead narrative
Removing the racial ladder in the ivory tower: a black response to racism in the academy / Molefi Kete Asante, spotlight narrative
Thank you for your blackness: an honest offer letter / Charisse L'Pree
Hey, you're black: what do we do? we don't know what to do / anonymous
I believe I'll run on / E. Patrick Johnson, spotlight narrative
The journey of destiny for an African American male in the academy / Herman O. Kelly Jr.
To be black, a woman, and pre-tenure: a narrative of faculty devaluation and exclusion / anonymous
Crossing over: to the other side / Mark Broomfield
Intersectionality: the tightrope of career success in the medical ivory tower / Tamorah Lewis
It be our own sometimes: what is institutional misogynoir when one of the main perpetrators is a black woman herself? / anonymous
Thank goodness we did / anonymous
The paths to not-tenure are littered with landmines and burned-out cars / Donald Earl Collins, spotlight narrative
#Justiceforblackwomenfacultyandstaff / Lucy Anne Hurston
Fool me once, shame on you: fool me twice, shame on me / Tuesday L. Cooper
Not everyone who wants a black faculty member wants a black faculty member / Michael Irvin Arrington
Community and commiseration / Rosamond S. King
Audacity and angst: the emotional trauma of audacious encounters / Kerri-Ann M. Smith
Even when we win, we lose / anonymous
A call to leverage black voice / Evelyn B. Winfield-Thomas
Incidents in the life of a black prof: a speculative curriculum vitae / Valorie Diane Thomas
What's in a name? / Tameka Porter
Academic lynching: chronicles of a black scholar's deleterious racialized experiences at a university in Texas / Thelma "Pepper" G. McCoy
Encoding anti-black racism into academic compensation structures / Ijeoma Nnodim Opara
White privilege / Amardo Rodriguez
The small things add up / Thomas F. DeFrantz, spotlight narrative
Navigating natural hair in academia / Carolyn Desalu
Convenient narratives holding back #BlackintheIvory / Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
Embracing teaching moments from microaggressive classroom discussions / Eletra Gilchrist-Petty
The only reason you're here is because you're black ... / Timothy E. Lewis
I am not your magical negro / Amir Asim Gilmore
Race work at PWIs / Valerie C. Johnson
What I wish someone had told me
Seeking alternatives to academia / Karida L. Brown, lead narrative
Getting off track / Kai Marshall Green, spotlight narrative
When a moral imperative isn't enough / Paul C. Harris, spotlight narrative
Claiming a free black scholarly self / Maria S. Johnson
What I wish someone had told me.
Summary
"When Shardé M. Davis turned to social media during the summer of racial reckoning in 2020, she meant only to share how racism against Black people affects her personally. But her hashtag, #BlackintheIvory, went viral, fostering a flood of Black scholars sharing similar stories. Soon the posts were being quoted during summer institutes and workshops on social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. And in fall 2020, faculty assigned the tweets as material for course curriculum.This curated collection of original personal narratives from Black scholars across the country seeks to continue the conversation that started with #BlackintheIvory. Put together, the stories reveal how racism eats its way through higher education, how academia systemically ejects Black scholars in overt and covert ways, and how academic institutions--and their individual members--might make lasting change. While anti-Black racism in academia is a behemoth with many entry points to the conversation, this book marshals a diverse group of Black voices to bring to light what for too long has been hidden in the shadow of the ivory tower"-- Provided by the publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-274) and index.
Call Number
Non-Fiction
Language
English
ISBN
9781469678252 hardcover
146967825X hardcover
9781469678269 paperback
1469678268 paperback
9781469678276 electronic publication
9798890887092 electronic book
146967825X hardcover
9781469678269 paperback
1469678268 paperback
9781469678276 electronic publication
9798890887092 electronic book