"Swim with the Current, Stand like a Rock": Non-Traditional Age Undergraduates Coping with Racial Microaggressions. Issue 2 (4th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vaccaro, Annemarie; Ramirez, Amanda
• Is Part Of: NASPA journal about women in higher education. Volume 11:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 130
• Page End: 150
• Publication Date: 2018-05-04
• Subjects: Women in higher education -- Periodicals; Women college teachers -- Periodicals; Women college students -- Periodicals; Women college administrators -- Periodicals; 378.0082
• DOI: 10.1080/19407882.2017.1392874
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1940-7882

Abstract

Abstract : A qualitative case study with 18 non-traditional age undergraduate Women of Color yielded rich data about strategies they employed to cope with racial microaggressions on a predominantly White campus. Women first decided if, and how, to "pick their battles" based on how much time and emotional energy they had left after fulfilling familial and full-time employment responsibilities. Then, they drew upon six different coping strategies to respond to racial microaggressions. Implications and recommendations are provided.