Power Search
Low Price Guarantee
We Take School POs
Support Systems and Services for Diverse Populations: Considering the Intersection of Race, Gender, and the Needs of Black Female Undergraduates
Contributor(s): Chambers, Crystal R. (Editor), Frierson, Henry T. (Editor)

View larger image

 ISBN: 0857249436     ISBN-13: 9780857249432
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
OUR PRICE: $152.94  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2011
Qty:

Click for more in this series: Diversity in Higher Education
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Multicultural Education
- Education | Higher
- Education | Counseling - General
Dewey: 378
Series: Diversity in Higher Education
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" L (1.05 lbs) 250 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 148
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
More than identity politics, intersectionality regards the inability of institutional structures to remedy discrimination because of the intersection between social dynamics which are often discretely conceived (Crenshaw & Dill, 2009). For a set of Black women workers in the manufacturing context, the court found that they were not discriminated against on the basis of their race, because Black male workers were hired for manufacturing positions. Those Black women were not discriminated against because of their gender, because there were White women hired for the front office. Those Black women workers were caught at the intersections of race and gender discrimination laws and left their employment without an effective remedy (Crenshaw, 1989). This intersection metaphor is worth examining in the higher education context as we consider that the majority of students on most U.S. campuses are women (Allen, Dean, & Bracken, 2008), and an increasing number of these women are not White; yet, most campuses have support services targeted at African American and/or multicultural student affairs and women's services which are generally targeted at White women. This volume will focus on the subpopulation of Black female college students, examining institutional and non-institutional supports for their persistence to the undergraduate degree.
 
Customer ReviewsSubmit your own review
 
To tell a friend about this book, you must Sign In First!