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ERIC Number: EJ1306657
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-5748
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Service-Learning and Racial Capitalism: On the Commodification of People of Color for White Advancement
Irwin, Lauren N.; Foste, Zak
Review of Higher Education, v44 n4 p419-446 Sum 2021
We argue that traditional service-learning programs commodify People of Color for the benefit of white people and white-serving institutions. First, we use racial capitalism, white normativity, and race frames to deconstruct service-learning programs. We offer three critiques of what we term "white-serving service-learning": (1) race and racism are largely communicated at the level of bridging individual difference; (2) white heroism is promoted without critically interrogating whiteness; and (3) People and Communities of Color are commodified for the advancement of white students and white-serving institutions. Finally, we reimagine service-learning through racial capitalism.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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