Toxic Ivory Towers

Zambrana, Ruth Enid

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“…However, this does not mean people of color—in this case, sociologists of color—do not face in-your-face discrimination. Researchers have documented the “outright, subtle, and nuanced racism” (Zambrana 2018:94) they experience (Griffin, Bennett, and Harris 2011). For example, in my 25 years as a sociology professor, I have been berated in my office, accused of being overpaid, and in one curious case was told, after publishing a paper in the American Sociological Review : “I did not know ASR had an affirmative action program?”…”

Section: Feeling Race In the Sociological Housementioning

confidence: 99%

Feeling Race: Theorizing the Racial Economy of Emotions

2019

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In this presidential address, I advance a theoretical sketch on racialized emotions—the emotions specific to racialized societies. These emotions are central to the racial edifice of societies, thus, analysts and policymakers should understand their collective nature, be aware of how they function, and appreciate the existence of variability among emoting racial subjects. Clarity on these matters is key for developing an effective affective politics to challenge any racial order. After the sketch, I offer potential strategies to retool our racial emotive order as well as our racial selves. I end my address urging White sociologists to acknowledge the significance of racism in sociology and the emotions it engenders and to work to advance new personal and organizational anti-racist practices.

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Section: Feeling Race In the Sociological Housementioning

confidence: 99%

Feeling Race: Theorizing the Racial Economy of Emotions

2019

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“…Faculty of color have come to me crying, looking for a sympathetic shoulder, when they have been called names by students or been hurt by their colleagues. I have seen some leave, walk away from the stress ( 13 ).…”

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Public Health Has an Equity Problem: A Latinx's Voice

Ramírez-Valles

2020

Front. Public Health

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Public health has an equity problem. One of the main pillars of our public health system, schools and academic programs of public health, are under the control of white (heterosexual) faculty. They continue to exclude brown, black, and indigenous people from their faculty and leadership ranks. This racism pervades institutional policies and culture and is a major fault in the quest for health equity. In this essay, I center on the experience of Latinx faculty to examine the roots of this inequity and the arguments for diversity and inclusion. I also propose avenues for change and argue for institutional transformation that goes beyond adding people of color to faculty and leadership roles.

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“…As stated by the Ontario Human Rights Commission: “Numerical data showing an underrepresentation of qualified racialized persons in management may be evidence of employment systems that have the effect of discriminating and/or of decision makers having an overt bias toward promoting White candidates into supervisory roles” (2005: 32). Would it be surprising if various forms of discrimination were functioning to create the patterns we observe (see Stewart and Valian, 2018: 42; see also Hames-García, 2010; Mohanty, 1989; Zambrana, 2018)? Overt discrimination may be in play, but more likely in play is systemic discrimination that can result in unfair experiential burdens placed on racialized faculty members—racialized women faculty members, in particular—all of which are well documented (see, for example, Ahmed, 2012; Chan et al, 2014; Hirshfield and Joseph, 2012; James, 2017; Mahtani, 2004; Monforti, 2012; Padilla, 1994; Settles et al, 2019; Smith, 2017b; Turner, 2002).…”

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“…We hope to report these in future work, after running reliability and significance tests. We know that there are different experiences among those who are differently racialized and minoritized (see, for example, Bellas and Toutkoushian, 1999; Henry and Kobayashi, 2017a; Ramos and Li, 2017; Zambrana, 2018), and it is important to study these.…”

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Whiteness, Power and the Politics of Demographics in the Governance of the Canadian Academy

Johnson

Howsam

2020

Can J Pol Sci

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The predominance of Whiteness, and the corresponding lack of representation of people who are both racialized and minoritized, in the governance of universities is a political issue. We present the results from an intersectional diversity audit of central and senior academic administrators at five Canadian universities: Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, University of Victoria and York University. Our findings indicate that racialized men and women are hitting ceilings in the middle administrative ranks. Conversely, we find a notable overrepresentation of White men and women in the senior administrative ranks. Our analysis suggests that White women, unlike racialized women and men, no longer face serious barriers to representation within these senior ranks. These findings raise concerns about processes of racialization that may impede career progress for some but accelerate it for others. They raise concerns about the politics of who lifts whom into the echelons of academic decision making, which in turn has implications for justice, knowledge and social meanings of competency.

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Toxic Ivory Towers

Cited by 65 publications

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Feeling Race: Theorizing the Racial Economy of Emotions

Feeling Race: Theorizing the Racial Economy of Emotions

Public Health Has an Equity Problem: A Latinx's Voice

Whiteness, Power and the Politics of Demographics in the Governance of the Canadian Academy

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