Civility and White Institutional Presence: An Exploration of White Students' Understanding of Race-Talk at a Traditionally White Institution

Rudick, C. Kyle; Golsan, Kathryn B.

doi:10.1080/10646175.2017.1392910

Cited by 26 publications

(17 citation statements)

References 24 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This set of memes puts BBQ Becky in direct conversation with the ongoing discourse on free speech and suggests that White people believe they have the power to control when and how free speech and civil disobedience are expressed and invoked. I return to Whiteness-informed civility (Rudick and Golsan (2018) as much of the popular culture debate surrounding NFL protests positions taking a knee during the playing of the National Anthem as “unamerican.” This framing of civility relies on White supremacist constructions of civility. Black men are deemed uncivil when they do not conform to American norms about “respecting the flag.” Yet, both depicted forms of protest (Kaepernick and Parks) position Black actors as unbothered by BBQ Becky’s presence as bodies are facing away from her—again defying her surveilling disciplinary gaze.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theme 2: Historical Connections To White Supremacy and Whitementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This kind of civility, associated with “good manners” and participation in public life, is also linked to the kind of behaviors that White society considers acceptable. Rudick and Golsan (2018) offer further explanation on civility as a White concept and set of beliefs; Whiteness-informed civility “functions to create a good White identity, functions to erase racial identity, and functions to assert control of space” (2017, p. 1). Hence, civility can also be weaponized to meet White supremacist desires to regulate Black bodies.…”

Section: White Women + White Supremacymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Black Memes Matter: #LivingWhileBlack With Becky and Karen

Williams

2020

Social Media + Society

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“BBQ Becky” and “Karen” memes reference real-world incidents in which Black individuals were harassed by White women in public spaces. In what I term the BBQ Becky meme genre, Black meme creators use humor, satire, and strategic positioning to perform a set of interrelated social commentaries on the behavior of White women. By conducting a visual Critical Technocultural Discourse Analysis (CTDA) of BBQ Becky memes, I argue that Becky and Karen memes are a cultural critique of White surveillance and White racial dominance. I find that memes in the BBQ Becky meme genre call attention to, and reject, White women’s surveillance and regulation of Black bodies in public spaces—making an important connection between racialized surveillance of the past and contemporary acts of “casual” racism. This meme genre also disrupts White supremacist logics and performative racial ignorance by framing Karens and Beckys as racist—not just disgruntled or entitled. Finally, in a subversion and reversal of power dynamics, Karen and BBQ Becky memes police White supremacy and explicitly call for consequences, providing Black communities with a form of agency. Hence, I conclude that Black memes matter in the struggle for racial equity.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theme 2: Historical Connections To White Supremacy and Whitementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: White Women + White Supremacymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Black Memes Matter: #LivingWhileBlack With Becky and Karen

Williams

2020

Social Media + Society

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…However, given that the classroom climate is a reflection of the wider society, this study calls for a larger-scale dialogue and a deliberate, critical, and aggressive examination of why the system continues to perpetuate this oppressive system. Clearly, the system can only be further encouraged by the lack of critical examination and self-reflexivity [82] among those who enjoy the benefits of the status-quo, as noted in various works that aim to dismantle the oppressive White system [23,71,72]. In other words, the discourse on dismantling White privilege and its associated ills (e.g., racism) should not be restricted to an assumed safe space inhabited by a few idealists, be they in academia (instructors, administrators, or students) or civil rights organizations.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, in order to foster a conducive learning environment, classroom conversations are highly encouraged. Students are urged to actively engage in civil discourse-that is, conversations that are free of discrimination and/or harassment [22,23]. Students should voice and listen actively to different perspectives in order to foster a diverse and respectful learning environment.…”

Section: The Role Of Speaking In the Classroommentioning

confidence: 99%

The Segregation of Foreigners in U.S. Mainstream Classrooms

Lee

2019

Sustainability

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

1) This study investigates the norms of speaking in the classroom by examining the speaking practices of Japanese international students (JIS)-a nonnative English speaking group-in classroom conversations with native English speakers (NES). (2) Semi-structured interviews in Japanese were conducted with 12 JIS in undergraduate programs at a predominantly White university in the United States.(3) The use of speech codes theory and Hymes's SPEAKING framework, coupled with the grounded theory, reveal that all the interviewees dealt with conflicting feelings of eagerness and dread when deciding whether or not to participate in classroom conversations. The JIS revealed threatening classroom dynamics that made them feel inadequate, isolated, and intimidated. The norms for speaking in the classroom subjugate the JIS into silent observers and subalterns who lack colloquial English skills or local cultural knowledge. Unforgiving sanctions, including discrimination, exclusion, ignorance, and silent treatment, are used by the NES to illegitimize JIS membership in the classroom community. (4) These micro-level nuances of classroom culture are discussed in relation to the macro-level institutionalized structures of U.S. higher education that are, in turn, embedded in the socio-historical dynamics of the nation.

show abstract

Community Psychology's abuse of empowerment to further a white supremacist agenda

Tran

2023

American J of Comm Psychol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

When White people are predominantly in power and the discipline has yet to grapple with its own involvement in oppressive and racist ideologies, the concept of empowerment has the potential of being misused, or worse, abused. This is my experience and observation within Community Psychology (CP). In this paper, I interrogate the history of CP, especially the interplay of colonized knowledge production practices and the concept of empowerment, and uncover the use and abuse of well‐meaning community psychological principles by scholars and leaders without the critical racial awareness to apply them to communities to which they do not belong. Lastly, I offer a “slash and burn” approach to starting over.

show abstract

Civility and White Institutional Presence: An Exploration of White Students' Understanding of Race-Talk at a Traditionally White Institution

Cited by 26 publications

References 24 publications

Black Memes Matter: #LivingWhileBlack With Becky and Karen

Black Memes Matter: #LivingWhileBlack With Becky and Karen

The Segregation of Foreigners in U.S. Mainstream Classrooms

Community Psychology's abuse of empowerment to further a white supremacist agenda

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About