Developing Racial Justice Allies in an Online Graduate Workshop Centering Latinx Students

Abstract

This study presents data from an online course on Latinx Students in Higher Education taught at a Predominantly White Institution in the Midwest. This case study examines how students engage with content on Latinx issues across the P-20 educational pipeline to better understand and ultimately serve this population in their professional context using perspectives on allyship development and racial justice allyship. Students in the course demonstrated a commitment to social justice, but their journey to build allyship was not a straightforward process.

Coverage of Allies, Allyship and Disabled People: A Scoping Review

“…Additionally, we asked: (4) What topics were mentioned in the abstracts where disabled people were seen as in need of allies? Phrases like anti-racism ally, anti-racist ally, antiracism allyship, racial justice ally [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37], social justice ally [38][39][40][41][42][43], and other ally phrases linked to actions that focus on changing systemic discriminations of marginalized groups, are present in the academic literature. Therefore, we investigated whether such phrases that are directly linked to disabled people are present in the academic literature and we asked: (5) Are phrases depicting ability-based systemic discriminations disabled people face, such as anti-ableism ally/allies/allyship, anti-disablism ally/allies/allyship, anti-disableist ally/allies/allyship, anti-disablist ally/allies/allyship, anti-ableist ally/allies/allyship, or anti-ablist ally/allies/allyship, used in the literature?…”