ERIC Number: EJ1095358
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Publication Date: 2016-Mar
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Racial Arrested Development: A Critical Whiteness Analysis of the Campus Ecology
Cabrera, Nolan L.; Watson, Jesse S.; Franklin, Jeremy D.
Journal of College Student Development, v57 n2 p119-134 Mar 2016
This paper analyzes the campus ecology (Renn, 2003, 2004) literature from the perspective of Critical Whiteness specifically problematizing perceptions of safety and inclusion on the college campus. Relying upon Sullivan's (2006) ontological expansiveness, Mills's (1997) epistemology of ignorance, and Leonardo and Porter's (2010) Fanonian interpretation of racial safety, we argue that there is too high a premium placed on social comfort during the undergraduate experience which actually leaves White students at predominantly White institutions in perpetual states of racial arrested development. We conclude that intentional, targeted racial dissonance is necessary for both White students to develop their racial selves while concurrently being aware of the ugly realities of contemporary racism.
Descriptors: Racial Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Whites, White Students, Racial Factors, Higher Education, Campuses, College Environment, College Students, Epistemology, Undergraduate Students, School Safety, Student Development, Racial Identification, Racial Differences, Physical Environment, Literature Reviews
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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