Shards from the glass ceiling

Deconstructing marginalizing systems in relation to critical consciousness development

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ID11053166
AuthorsMariah Kornbluh (0000-0001-6958-6247, Psychology Department University of South Carolina Columbia SC USA, corresponding author), Lesa Johnson (Sociology Department California State University Chico, Chico CA USA), Lesa A Johnson (California State University, Chico), Mackenzie J Hart (0000-0002-3161-4254, University of South Carolina), Mackenzie Hart (Psychology Department University of South Carolina Columbia SC USA)
Year2021
Volume68
Issue1-2
Pages187-201
Publication date2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajcp.12512
PMID33823067
OpenAlexW3149797401
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited52

In this qualitative case study, the authors identify, name, and critique multi‐level contextual factors in relation to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color college student leaders’ and the authors’ own critical consciousness development applying Harrel’s Difference Framework , and Critical Race Theory . Located in a Northern California Sundown Town, the authors utilize focus groups, Photovoice data, and critical ethnography to document organizational and institutional responses towards student leaders’ and the authors’ involvement in multicultural programming and a Black Lives Matter Freedom School. Across data sources, the authors chronicle instances of the following: (1) devaluing through unpaid student labor, (2) distancing and siloing of multicultural student organizations on campus, (3) denial of the use of harmful and misinformed programmatic practices, and (4) defensiveness on the part of the administration regarding student narratives. Findings highlight implications within higher education surrounding addressing historic racial inequity, and illustrate the trauma invoked by ameliorative and premature institutional responses

Consciousness · Consciousness raising · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Critical consciousness · Critical race theory · Critical theory · Distancing · Economic growth · Focus group · Indigenous · Institutional racism · Pedagogy · Photovoice · Political science · Racism · Sociology · Transgender · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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