Meaning and Implications of Being Labelled a Predominantly White Institution.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- BOURKE, BRIAN
- Source
- College & University; 2016, Vol. 91 Issue 3, p12-21, 9p
- Subject
- Racism in higher education
Scholarly method
Historically Black colleges & universities
United States. Higher Education Act of 1965
Critical race theory
Institutional racism
- Language
- ISSN
- 00100889
THE TERM "PREDOMINANTLY WHITBJNSTITUTION" FREQUENTLY GETS TOSSED AROUND WITHOUT THOUGHT TO ITS SIGNIFICANCE. IN THIS ARTICLE, THE AUTHOR USES CRITICAL RACE THEORY AS A LENS TO EXAMINE THE TERM PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTION. THROUGH THIS ANALYSIS, THE AUTHOR HIGHLIGHTS WHITENESS IS EMBEDDED INTO INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES OF PREDOMINATELY WHITE INSTITUTIONS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]