Southern, D. E. (2023). Dismantling whiteness in higher education as an act of decolonizing the university.
Abstract
Rather than remain idle while xenophobia, racism, and other oppression(s) resurge on our campuses, it is essential to our humanity that higher education administrators, faculty, and students engage with how the academy enables or engenders white supremacy. One approach to abolishing white supremacy is understandings its relationship to forms of racialized oppression and tracing how seemingly neutral stances on areas like opportunity, learning, and knowledge amongst individuals or organizations are actually rooted in white supremacy. When we are empowered to notice and confront perspectives, policies, and values that uphold white supremacy, collectively we are able to eliminate it within our institutions. I take up this approach by examining the relationship among white supremacy, colonization, and whiteness in the academy.
Citation: Southern, D. E. (2023). Dismantling whiteness in higher education as an act of decolonizing the university. In V. Stead (Eds.), Toward abolishing white supremacy on campus: Equity in higher education theory, policy & praxis, 45-58. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.