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Publication Date: 2024-Dec
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Imprinted on Our Bodies: The Invisible Taxation on Women of Color Faculty When Facing White Resistance in the Graduate Classroom
Socorro Morales; Tanya J. Gaxiola Serrano; Van T. Lac
Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, v56 n5 p784-803 2024
In this essay, the authors who identify as Women of Color (a Chicana, a Latina, and a Southeast Asian woman, respectively) faculty theorize their experiences with white resistance when teaching about race and racism in higher education. Drawing from Critical Race Theory, we merge our collective experiences of teaching about race into a composite counterstory that focuses on Becky, a white woman who is resistant to engaging with her whiteness in the classroom. Utilizing Women of Color feminisms and particularly Chicana/Latina feminisms, we center our bodies as a vessel that carries knowledge as we process and physiologically respond to experiences of white resistance in the classroom. We argue that white student resistance to learning about racism in the classroom stays imprinted on our bodies, creating an invisible taxation in addition to the myriad forms of oppression that Women of Color face within the realm of higher education.
Descriptors: Women Faculty, College Faculty, Minority Group Teachers, Teaching Experience, Racism, Resistance (Psychology), Feminism, Hispanic Americans, Teacher Response, Whites
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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