Your Worries Ain't Like Mine: African American Librarians and the Pervasiveness of Racism, Prejudice and Discrimination in Academe.

Curry, Deborah A.

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ERIC Number: EJ489721

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Publication Date: 1994

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Your Worries Ain't Like Mine: African American Librarians and the Pervasiveness of Racism, Prejudice and Discrimination in Academe.

Curry, Deborah A.

Reference Librarian, n45-46 p299-311 1994

Discusses systemic and individual racism within society and within higher education and considers its effects on the behavior and attitudes of librarians of color and their white colleagues. Highlights include institutional challenges; recruitment; job satisfaction; retention; and racism. (Contains 24 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Blacks, Ethnic Groups, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Librarian Attitudes, Librarians, Minority Groups, Organizational Climate, Professional Development, Racial Discrimination, Recruitment

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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