Racial Microaggressions in Academia: Black Students’ Perspective
Author | : Patricia Elisnord |
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Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2020 |
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ABSTRACT: The current study was designed to explore the experiences of Black and or African American identified student’s experiences with instances of racial microaggressions in academic settings. Black students from a predominantly White institution in the Northeast were interviewed using a semi-structured interview format to explore the following research questions: (a) what is the experience of Black students with racial microaggressions in academic settings? (b) How do Black students navigate instances of racial microaggressions in academic settings? (c) How does the experience of racial microaggressions impact educational motivation and performance? Results included several themes including being perceived as an aggressor or criminal, under or over representation, normalizing, presumptions/stereotyping, despondent, fear of retaliation disconfirmation, and self-doubt. Black students associated their racial microaggressive experience with being Black and having a different racial background then their aggressors. Each theme was broken down and discussed further in this paper. The findings provide insight towards the need to bring awareness to academic institutions and policy makers, encourage the implementation of additional support in academic settings for Black students, as well as information to better inform mental health counselors and psychologists working with this population.