To Be Young, Black, and Resilient: Navigating a Predominantly White University

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Strickland, J. (2019). To Be Young, Black, and Resilient: Navigating a Predominantly White University. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Abstract

The current study examines how Black undergraduate students at a predominantly White university respond to the racism they encounter on campus. Specifically, the case study seeks to identify (a) the response strategies that Black undergraduate students utilize to help them endure racism on campus and (b) what these students learn from their racialized experiences. Qualitative research methodology captures the lived experiences of 12 Black undergraduate students through an online questionnaire and in-person, semi-structured interviews to gain insight into how they navigate racism on their White campus.

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Author

Strickland, Jasmine

Title

To Be Young, Black, and Resilient: Navigating a Predominantly White University

Physical Description

1 online resource (68 pages) : PDF

Date

2019

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

The current study examines how Black undergraduate students at a predominantly White university respond to the racism they encounter on campus. Specifically, the case study seeks to identify (a) the response strategies that Black undergraduate students utilize to help them endure racism on campus and (b) what these students learn from their racialized experiences. Qualitative research methodology captures the lived experiences of 12 Black undergraduate students through an online questionnaire and in-person, semi-structured interviews to gain insight into how they navigate racism on their White campus.

Genre

masters theses

Subjects--Topics

Education, Higher
Ethnology
African Americans--Study and teaching
Ethnicity--Study and teaching

Degree

M.A.

Keywords

Black Students
Counter-Spaces
PWI
Racism Response Strategies
Resistance
Undergraduates

Subject Area

Anthropology

Advisor(s)

Freidus, Andrea

Committee Members

Hopper, Lorenzo
Howell, Cathy
Long, Shawn
Wayland, Coral

Degree Note

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2019.

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Strickland_uncc_0694N_12103

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