Being with Anti-Racism Organizational Change Efforts: Using a Process-Oriented Approach to Facilitate Transformation

Watt, Sherry K.; Mahatmya, Duhita; Coghill-Behrends, William; Clay, Daniel L.; Thein, Amanda Haertling; Annicella, Christine

doi:10.1353/csd.2021.0011

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“…Interest in students' openness to diversity has only intensified in recent years because of increased attention to, and unrest related to, social injustices (Trolian & Parker, 2022). In particular, the societal reckoning with racism that occurred in the wake of George Floyd's murder and other attacks on Black bodies served as an impetus within higher education to invest more resources in anti-racist learning opportunities and initiatives (e.g., Watt et al, 2021). However, little is known about how, if at all, students' openness to diversity changed after the events from the summer of 2020.…”

Section: Students' Openness To Diversity and Challengementioning

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Will Anything Change? Examining Historically White Fraternity Members’ Development of Openness to Diversity in Contemporary Times

2023

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Scholars have identified that openness to diversity is a vital student outcome for higher education. Interest in this outcome has only intensified in recent years because of increased attention to, and unrest related to, social injustices. Using longitudinal data from 3420 undergraduate members of historically white college men's social fraternities located at 134 higher education institutions in the United States, this study examined factors that influenced the development of openness to diversity and change (ODC) amongst fraternity members from the 2019-2020 to 2020-2021 academic years. Our findings revealed that individual and institutional-level political and social involvement, and individual and institutional-level conceptualizations of fraternal brotherhood (e.g., brotherhood based on belonging) were associated with ODC during the 2020-2021 academic year. Though historically white college men's fraternities have often perpetuated exclusionary environments both in historical and contemporary times, the study results suggest that political and social involvement and participation in fraternities that emphasize belonging and accountability may contribute to college men's ODC. We urge scholars and practitioners to have more nuanced understandings of fraternities, while simultaneously challenging fraternities to put their values into actions and to deconstruct the legacies of exclusion that exist within these organizations.

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Section: Students' Openness To Diversity and Challengementioning

confidence: 99%

Will Anything Change? Examining Historically White Fraternity Members’ Development of Openness to Diversity in Contemporary Times

2023

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“…Highlighting the interplay between how racism is felt by Asian communities and the sociocultural context of Aotearoa New Zealand, this research suggests that national-level policies and sustained cultural shifts that help foster a sense of national belonging and a social environment where people feel free to express their own ethnic identity will improve quality of life for racialised groups. Early research into what these approaches may look like in a pandemic context includes: using organisational change management processes to embed anti-racism within institutions (Watt et al, 2021); using government policy as a tool to monitor the socioeconomic impacts of racism and directly address economic inequities related to racism (Siddiqi et al, 2021); a shift from multiculturalism to anti-racism (Lei & Guo, 2022); and understanding the interrelated nature of racism and nationalism to counter the hateful narratives that drive these systems and beliefs (Elias et al, 2021;Lee & Johnstone, 2021).…”

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Asian communities’ well-being in Aotearoa during Covid-19

Park

Jaung

Park

et al. 2023

ANZSWJ

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INTRODUCTION: Anti-Asian racism was a feature of the social response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and its impact on the well-being of Asian communities warrants closer examination. The current study aimed to gauge whether the sense of belonging mitigated the adverse effects of racism on life satisfaction for self-identified Asian New Zealanders. METHODS: This analysis included 1341 responses to a cross-sectional online survey conducted in 2021. Descriptive analyses outline how components of a sense of belonging were distributed among participants and those who experienced racism during the Covid-19 pandemic. We used linear regression to examine the role of a sense of belonging as a potential pathway variable in the association between experiencing racism and life satisfaction. FINDINGS: In this survey, four out of 10 participants reported experiencing racism in the first 18 months of the pandemic. Participants’ life satisfaction decreased slightly since January 2020 (p<0.001). Experiencing racism was associated with decreased life satisfaction. All the components of sense of belonging reduced the magnitude of this negative association between racism experience and life satisfaction, in particular, expressing one’s own ethnic identity and belonging in Aotearoa. CONCLUSIONS: Given that anti-Asian racism is currently a feature of life and a significant stressor during the pandemic, this study provides empirical evidence of the protective role of a sense of belonging against anti-Asian racism. This study focused on Asian members in Aotearoa New Zealand, but its practical implications have the potential to support other minoritised ethnic communities who also experience racism during the pandemic and beyond.

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“…The complexity of our disciplines, comprising a network of museums, professional societies, and universities that all hold power and operate under their own set of rules and cultural norms, also complicates such action. However, structural change is possible with a unified, community-driven, and active effort to push back against racism, discrimination, and harassment and the structures that uphold them (e.g., Dobbin and Kaelav 2016; Sensoy and Diangelo 2017; Estrada et al 2018; Golom 2018; Ash et al 2020; Visaggi 2020; Ali et al 2021; Bell et al 2021; Pico et al 2021; Watt et al 2021).…”

Section: Manifestations Of Racism and Colonialism In Academiamentioning

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Our past creates our present: a brief overview of racism and colonialism in Western paleontology

Monarrez¹,

Zimmt²,

Clement³

et al. 2021

Paleobiology

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As practitioners of a historical science, paleontologists and geoscientists are well versed in the idea that the ability to understand and to anticipate the future relies upon our collective knowledge of the past. Despite this understanding, the fundamental role that the history of paleontology and the geosciences plays in shaping the structure and culture of our disciplines is seldom recognized and therefore not acted upon sufficiently. Here, we present a brief review of the history of paleontology and geology in Western countries, with a particular focus on North America since the 1800s. Western paleontology and geology are intertwined with systematic practices of exclusion, oppression, and erasure that arose from their direct participation in the extraction of geological and biological resources at the expense of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). Our collective failure to acknowledge this history hinders our ability to address these issues meaningfully and systemically in present-day educational, academic, and professional settings. By discussing these issues and suggesting some ways forward, we intend to promote a deeper reflection upon our collective history and a broader conversation surrounding racism, colonialism, and exclusion within our scientific communities. Ultimately, it is necessary to listen to members of the communities most impacted by these issues to create actionable steps forward while holding ourselves accountable for the past.

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Being with Anti-Racism Organizational Change Efforts: Using a Process-Oriented Approach to Facilitate Transformation

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Will Anything Change? Examining Historically White Fraternity Members’ Development of Openness to Diversity in Contemporary Times

Will Anything Change? Examining Historically White Fraternity Members’ Development of Openness to Diversity in Contemporary Times

Asian communities’ well-being in Aotearoa during Covid-19

Our past creates our present: a brief overview of racism and colonialism in Western paleontology

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