Colorism Within the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

Gasman, Marybeth; Abiola, Ufuoma

doi:10.1080/00405841.2016.1119018

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“…Skin color discrimination also has a history within Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In general, HBCUs served as either a barricade or a conduit toward achieving social acceptance and influence within the Black community (Gasman & Abiola, 2016). Whether Black colleges were a barrier to success depended upon one's skin color, family status, and family education (Taylor, 2009).…”

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“…On HBCU campuses, several solutions might combat discrimination as a function of skin tone (Gasman & Abiola, 2016): providing regularly structured opportunities for students to engage in discussion through instruction and campus-wide events, creating professional development opportunities explicitly focused on skin color discrimination, and conducting self-studies to determine whether any internal patterns exhibit signs of colorism within the institution. Efforts of this type could have several goals.…”

Section: Work To Mitigate the Impact Rather Than The Expression Of mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Racial Appearance Bias: Improving Evidence-Based Policies to Address Racial Disparities

Maddox

Perry

2017

Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences

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Policies to combat racial bias should also consider racial appearance to address nuances in the experiences of those they seek to protect. Key Points • • Within a racial group, individuals with more stereotypical facial appearance tend to have poorer social, educational, economic, criminal justice, and health outcomes compared with their less stereotypical counterparts. • • Race-conscious policies that fail to address racial appearance may nonetheless be subject to appearance biases, thus disproportionately benefitting less stereotypic members of those groups. • • Psychological evidence suggests intervention efforts focused on mitigating the impact of bias through education and documentation of race and racial appearance disparities across domains. • • The significance of racial appearance will grow in the future among societies whose populations will become more diverse and multiracial.

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Section: Educationmentioning

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Section: Work To Mitigate the Impact Rather Than The Expression Of mentioning

confidence: 99%

Racial Appearance Bias: Improving Evidence-Based Policies to Address Racial Disparities

Maddox

Perry

2017

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“…The literature documents several positive similarities many HBCUs share that contribute a foundation to our theory. These include a common historical journey of struggle and victory (Allen and Jewell 2002;Brown and Davis 2001), a general mission of racial uplift (Gasman and Bowman 2011;Hirt et al 2006), the provision of social capital to traditionally marginalized persons (Gasman and Jennings 2006), and an uncommon student experience that is particularly meaningful to blacks (Jett 2013;Outcalt and Skewes-Cox 2002;Thompson 2008). Ample research suggests that HBCUs as a group contribute to the success of black students in special ways , and scholars even routinely champion them as exemplars that all institutions should follow for educating that population, including historically white institutions (HWIs) (Kim 2011;Walker 2011), community colleges (Hughes 2012), and even HBCUs themselves (Walker 2011).…”

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An HBCU-Based Educational Approach for Black College Student Success: Toward a Framework with Implications for All Institutions

Arroyo

Gasman

2014

American Journal of Education

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This conceptual study builds an institution-focused, non-Eurocentric, theoretical framework of black college student success. Specifically, the study synthesizes the relevant empirical research on the contributions historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have made for black student success, leading to an original model that all institutions can adapt to their contexts. Significantly, this is the first HBCU-based theoretical model to appear in the academic literature. The study concludes with several implications for research and practice, including testing the model and using it in institutional planning. MARYBETH GASMAN University of PennsylvaniaThis conceptual study builds an institution-focused, non-Eurocentric, theoretical framework of black college student success. Specifically, the study synthesizes the relevant empirical research on the contributions historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have made for black student success, leading to an original model that all institutions can adapt to their contexts. Significantly, this is the first HBCU-based theoretical model to appear in the academic literature. The study concludes with several implications for research and practice, including testing the model and using it in institutional planning.

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“…Color operates as a system of stratification and inequity that operates beyond the realm of individual thought and action. On the academic front, there is a robust literature in the area of colorism studies that highlights the various ways in which this social phenomenon has shaped minority group discourse, culture, and individual life experiences and outcomes (see, e.g., Gasman & Abiola, 2016; Hannon, 2015; Harrison; 2010; Hunter, 2005; Kerr, 2006; Martin, Horton, Herring, Keith, & Thomas, 2017; Wilder, 2015). An increasing number of race scholars are specializing in this subfield of contemporary race studies.…”

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African Americans: Colorism in Morrow v. IRS Litigation

Wilder

2018

American Behavioral Scientist

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Walker v. Secretary of Treasury, IRS (Internal Revenue Service) served as a landmark case in shaping the legal context of color-based discrimination in the workplace. As the first case of colorism between Black Americans heard at the federal level, the Walker decision broadened the scope of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, treating race and color as two distinctive categories and protected classes. Beyond the legal significance of the ruling, Walker v. IRS carried important social and cultural implications that exposed the continuing significance of colorism in the post–Civil Rights Era. This article deals with an overview of the Walker v. IRS lawsuit, including a discussion of the overall impact of the ruling on the interpretation of Title VII and the inclusion of color(ism) in the application of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Subsequent cases of color bias in the workplace are explored, and the enduring impact of the Walker judgment is examined.

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Colorism Within the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

Cited by 19 publications

References 17 publications

Racial Appearance Bias: Improving Evidence-Based Policies to Address Racial Disparities

Racial Appearance Bias: Improving Evidence-Based Policies to Address Racial Disparities

An HBCU-Based Educational Approach for Black College Student Success: Toward a Framework with Implications for All Institutions

African Americans: Colorism in Morrow v. IRS Litigation

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