Embracing Our Responsibility as Social Justice Educators: A Call to Complicate, Collectivize, and Rehumanize Activism in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Wright-Mair, Raquel; Vaughn, Kehaulani; Museus, Samuel D.
Titel	Embracing Our Responsibility as Social Justice Educators: A Call to Complicate, Collectivize, and Rehumanize Activism in Higher Education
Quelle	In: About Campus, 26 (2021) 4, S.12-18 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wright-Mair, Raquel) ORCID (Museus, Samuel D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1086-4822
DOI	10.1177/1086482220971280
Schlagwörter	Teacher Responsibility; Social Justice; Activism; Higher Education; College Faculty; Advocacy; Teacher Influence; Social Bias; College Students; Humanization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrverpflichtung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fakultät; Sozialanwaltschaft; Collegestudent; Humanisierung
Abstract	Systemic oppression is a pervasive and insidious problem in U.S. society. In higher education, challenging oppression sometimes requires exposing how institutions perpetuate violence toward minoritized populations, passionate confrontations with people who have committed undeniably egregious acts or are key powerbrokers actively perpetuating systemic oppression, and disruption of the status quo. Reflecting on personal observations in higher education led the authors to ask several questions. What are higher education professionals teaching students about collective organizing and social activism? How are higher education professionals modeling toxic or constructive forms of activism through their own social justice advocacy? And, how can such conversations inform the ways in which higher education professionals engage students so that they are learning how to be the best citizens possible and maximize their positive impact on their communities and the world? In the current article, the authors aim to address these questions. The authors hope to spark more constructive conversations about how higher education professionals can be more thoughtful and healthier in how they approach activism and advocacy while supporting students in learning. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01