Critical whiteness scholars have described whiteness as a system of oppression that privileges White identities above others and perpetuates White supremacy. On the college campus, institutional, social, and historical norms reinforce the educational status quo and work together to maintain a system of whiteness that marginalizes Black students.…

Hate crimes across the country are becoming more prevalent, and there are growing concerns for higher education and college campuses. White supremacy has been noted as a potential driving force escalating hate and discrimination at disproportionate levels, especially for Black students on predominantly white campuses. This qualitative study…

Black boys in K-12 education are disproportionately subjected to suspensions and expulsions, impeding their academic progress, personal development, and self-perception and perpetuating a cycle of systemic marginalization. This study explored this urgent matter through the perspective of my Black son, Kyree, whose narratives provide insight into…

In this chapter, we explore the research literature on Black college students' success and apply critical theoretical frameworks to reimagine how college student educators and administrators can promote a more holistic approach to student success. Scholars and researchers have focused on identifying how and why Black students succeed or not, and…

This study provides a nuanced look at the experiences of Black graduate students who engage with a Black cultural center (BCC) at a historically White institution in an urban center. Combining the theoretical perspectives of critical race theory and graduate developmental networks, the three main findings unearth how (1) the BCC staff act as…

Universities across the globe continue to reckon with memorialization and symbolism tied to racist histories. In this paper, the author uses Critical Race methodology to examine how 23 Black undergraduate students at the University of Cincinnati interpret and experience one such symbol--the namesake of an enslaver--memorialized throughout campus.…

Whiteness fits the broad historical concept of property as it represents a social and material value as well as historical legal rights (Harris, 1993). Harris (1993) traced the history of racialization as justification for which people were legally citizens with the ability of self-possession and which people were relegated as the property of…

An in-depth ethnography of Black engineering students at a historically White institution, "Black Campus Life" examines the intersection of two crises, up close: the limited number of college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and the state of race relations in higher education. Antar Tichavakunda…

There have been an increasing number of intervention programs at colleges targeting African American students who are low-income, first-generation, and/or require remedial coursework (MHEC, 2019). Using a qualitative research design, this study sought to understand if African American students that participated in a proactive advising intervention…

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the effect the institution type has on African American graduate student mental health and program success. The primary research question was how do phenomena/strategies, causal conditions, competing internal and external demands, coping strategies, and positive and negative consequences…

This narrative inquiry explored the experiences of African American female students at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) in the United States, focusing on how campus climate and racial identity influence their academic and social lives. It amplifies the voices of these students and sheds light on the unique challenges they face within…

The purpose of this research article is to provide an examination of the structures and practices of historically White student organizations (HWSOs). Examined through the lens of Black feminist thought (BFT), this article offers a critical analysis of the gendered racial encounters and interactions of Black women in historically White campus…

Black queer undergraduates experience invisibility at the juncture of anti-Black racism and cisheteropatriarchy in their campus environments. With the absence of research on queer students of color in undergraduate STEM, it has been unexplored how Black queer invisibility is reinforced and disrupted in uniquely racialized and cisheteronormative…

This article reports the findings of a phenomenological study that examined the experiences of 10 Black undergraduate women involved in historically White student organizations. Grounded in a Black feminist thought perspective, this study provides context to understand the oppressive nature of Black women's involvement in historically White…

This study used an exploratory case study approach to explore the race-related experiences of a Black male specialist level school psychology graduate student. We used the CRT tenets of racism as normal and permanent and intersectionality and antiessentialism to help us make sense of the findings. Findings revealed that race and racism did not…