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Publication Date: 2022
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Shallow Inclusion: How Latinx Students Experience a Predominantly White Institution "Doing Diversity Work"
Rolón-Dow, Rosalie; Covarrubias, Rebecca; Guerrón Montero, Carla
Journal of Leadership, Equity, and Research, v8 n2 p135-157 2022
A university's culture cycle includes institutional "ideas" around racial/ethnic diversity that inform "institutional" practices and norms, which shape daily "interactions" and "individual" experiences of students. Using qualitative methods, we explore how Latinx students experience these elements of campus culture at a Predominantly White Institution (PWI) publicly committing to engaging in diversity work. We examine the university's ideas and institutional practices and compare them with the interactions and individual experiences of students. We discuss what Latinx students' experiences reveal about how the university's culture cycle considers and promotes the inclusion of Latinx perspectives, experiences, cultural traditions, histories, and challenges. We supplement our understanding of the culture cycle model with elements of Latinx Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) to account for the pervasive influence of race and racism. We conclude that a raceinformed Latinx cultural consciousness is only present in shallow ways within the culture cycle of the university studied. To facilitate an understanding of Latinx student perspectives, meaningfully serve Latinx students, and extend the benefits of diversity to all students, a Latinx cultural consciousness must be infused in "all phases" of the culture cycle.
Descriptors: Inclusion, Hispanic American Students, Student Experience, Predominantly White Institutions, Critical Race Theory, Student Attitudes, Cultural Awareness, College Students, College Administration, Diversity, Educational Practices, Intergroup Relations, Racism, Aggression
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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