Manipulating diversity
How diversity regimes at US universities can reinforce whiteness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12912948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amy L Petts (0000-0002-1068-1378, Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author), Alma Nidia Garza (0000-0002-0168-7030, Purdue University West Lafayette) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soc4.12925 |
| OpenAlex | W3198803523 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 61 |
As US universities attempt to accommodate a growing multicultural society, the task of racially diversifying entering cohorts and retaining a racially diverse student demographic has taken on a leading role in recruitment, college admissions, and campus programming. But, we ask, what definitions of racial diversity are fueling these changes and how have existing racial diversity regimes impacted racial/ethnic hierarchies? We analyze two widespread applications of racial diversity—racial diversity as benefit for all and racial diversity as status marker—to illustrate how racial diversity regimes can be manipulated in ways that undermine the contributions of racially/ethnically minoritized groups and reinforce a racial order that privileges Whiteness—particularly when framed around interest convergence. We conclude by discussing the importance of articulating more concrete racial diversity objectives, addressing structural contributors to racial inequity, and measuring diversity outcomes
Convergence (economics · Cultural diversity · Diversity (politics · Economic growth · Ethnic group · Ethnically diverse · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Race (biology · Racial composition · Racial diversity · Racial formation theory · Racism · Sociology · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Mentoring and Academic Development
“Not Like Super High Numbers”
How Diversity Fails
“Dangerous, Demeaning, and Immoral”
How Whiteness Works
The elephant is in the room
La inclusión relacional
Increasing diversity and racial emotions on campus
Institutional Narratives of Enslavement in Higher Education
The propensities and purposes of racial and ethnic student data collection in Ontario universities
Does Exposure to Campus Diversity Posters Influence Pro‐Diversity Attitudes? Exploring the Differential Motivational Processes of Peer and Institutional Norms
Intersectional cognitive schemas of diversity and inclusion in higher education
When I learned I had a race”
The language of “diversity” or “DEI”? Exploring job titles of diversity professionals in US institutions of higher education
Facing Slavery as Saving Face
Conforming Critical Diversity
Missing the Forest for the Trees
The Specificity of Anti-Blackness
The DEI Penalty
Principle-Policy and Principle-Personal Gaps in Americans' Diversity Attitudes
Preparing a Racialized Equity Labor Force
Broke
Working Law
The Diversity Bargain
The Enigma of Diversity
Skills and Other Dilemmas of a Progressive Black Educator
Cross-Racial Interaction Among Undergraduates
White Institutional Presence
Am I My Brother’s Teacher? Black Undergraduates, Racial Socialization, and Peer Pedagogies in Predominantly White Postsecondary Contexts
Whiteness as Property
Racial attitudes in America
Commodity Diversity
Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education
Toward a Critical Race Curriculum
Why is there no study of cultural equivalence in standardized cognitive ability testing
The Partial Deinstitutionalization of Affirmative Action in U.S. Higher Education, 1988 to 2014
Diversity Regimes and Racial Inequality
A supreme challenge
Reproducing whiteness through diversity
Towards a global theory of colorblindness
Embodying diversity
Latinx faculty representation and resource allocation at Hispanic Serving Institutions
Embracing Diversity
It’s All in the Definition
Beyond the Numbers
Toward Inclusive Excellence in Graduate Education
Student Movements for Multiculturalism
School failure and cultural mismatch
Campus Culture and the Experiences of Chicano Students in a Predominantly White University
Dynamic Diversity
Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Diversity Rationale
Structural Diversity and Close Interracial Relationships in College
Legitimating Prestige through Diversity
Beyond Declines in Student Body Diversity
Doing Diversity
Diversity, Opportunity, and the Shifting Meritocracy in Higher Education
Diversity in Everyday Discourse
The White-Centering Logic of Diversity Ideology
Beyond Prejudice? Young Whites' Racial Attitudes in Post-Civil Rights America, 1976 to 2000
The Effects of America's Three Affirmative Action Programs on Academic Performance
We Want Black Students, Just Not You
Racing to Serve or Race-ing for Money? Hispanic-serving Institutions and the Colorblind Allocation of Racialized Federal Funding
Why Diversity Became Orthodox in Higher Education, and How it Changed the Meaning of Race on Campus
Maneuvers of Whiteness
The New Principle-policy Gap
Inhabiting Latino Politics
The Origins of Race-conscious Affirmative Action in Undergraduate Admissions
The End of Affirmative Action in Washington State and Its Impact on the Transition from High School to College
Affirmative Action at School and on the Job
Racialized Equity Labor, University Appropriation and Student Resistance
Cultural Sidelining
Colour-blindness and diversity
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |