Theorizing Racial Microaffirmations: A Critical Race/LatCrit Approach

Autor/inn/en	Rolón-Dow, Rosalie; Davison, April
Titel	Theorizing Racial Microaffirmations: A Critical Race/LatCrit Approach
Quelle	In: Race, Ethnicity and Education, 24 (2021) 2, S.245-261 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1361-3324
DOI	10.1080/13613324.2020.1798381
Schlagwörter	Race; Critical Theory; Undergraduate Students; Minority Group Students; Student Attitudes; Whites; Institutional Characteristics; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Multiracial Persons; Personal Narratives; Racial Identification; Classification; Self Concept; Educational Experience; College Faculty; Teacher Student Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rasse; Abstammung; Kritische Theorie; Schülerverhalten; White; Weißer; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Mischling; Erlebniserzählung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Selbstkonzept; Bildungserfahrung; Fakultät; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	This article theorizes the concept of racial microaffirmations and illustrates different microaffirmation types. We report findings from a study that employed narrative interviews to solicit stories from racially minoritized students at a predominantly white university. Participants included 16 graduate students and 18 undergraduate students who identified as African-American, Latinx or mixed race. Students shared microaffirmations that they experienced related to their racial identities. We developed a typology of four microaffirmation types from the students' stories: microrecognitions, microvalidations, microtransformations and microprotections. Drawing on the students' stories, we further define each microaffirmation type and root the typology in the foundational elements of Critical Race/LatCrit theoretical framework. This study offers concrete examples of experiences university students found affirming that are helpful to practitioners seeking to better understand what racial microaffirmations are and ways they may be promoted. This work also expands the literature on microaffirmations and points to areas that need further research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01