Instruments of white supremacy: people of colour resisting white domination in higher education. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pechenkina, Ekaterina; Liu, Helena
• Is Part Of: Whiteness and education. Volume 3:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 14
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Critical race theory -- white supremacy -- instrumentalisation -- higher education -- resistance; Racism in education -- Periodicals; White people -- Education -- Periodicals; White people -- Race identity -- Periodicals; Multicultural education -- Periodicals; 371.829
• DOI: 10.1080/23793406.2017.1423242
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-3406

Abstract

Abstract: This article extends the critical race literature in education by theorising the ways through which white power passes through the bodies of people of colour in higher education institutions. Using autoethnographic inquiry of our experiences as non-white academic and professional staff in two Australian universities, we examine the ways we became co-opted into reinforcing white privilege while subordinating or marginalising students of colour. Rather than complying with the white supremacist ideologies and practices of our institutions, we explore the potentials for resistance against the institutionalised racial order, recognising that writing and publishing our experiences is one approach to speaking out against white supremacy at our universities.