Doharty, N. orcid.org/0000-0001-7898-3340, Madriaga, M. and Joseph-Salisbury, R. (2020) The university went to ‘decolonise’ and all they brought back was lousy diversity double-speak! Critical race counter-stories from faculty of colour in ‘decolonial’ times. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 53 (3). pp. 233-244. ISSN 0013-1857
Abstract
UK Higher Education is characterised by structural and institutional forms of whiteness. As scholars and activists are increasingly speaking out to testify, whiteness has wide-ranging implications that affect curricula, pedagogy, knowledge production, university policies, campus climate, and the experiences of students and faculty of colour. Unsurprisingly then, calls to decolonize the university abound. In this article, we draw upon the Critical Race Theory method of counter-storytelling. By introducing composite characters, we speak back to assumptions that universities are race-neutral, meritocratic institutions. We illustrate some of the key themes that shape the experiences of faculty of colour in UK Higher Education: institutional racism, racial microaggressions, racial battle fatigue, and steadfast fugitive resistance. We argue that, despite the paradox of working under (what purports to be) a ‘decolonial’ agenda, widespread calls to decolonize our universities have further embedded rather than dismantled whiteness, thus continuing to characterise the careers, wellbeing, and daily lives of faculty of colour.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Educational Philosophy and Theory. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | racial microaggressions; racial battle fatigue; CRT; higher education; institutional racism |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2020 10:39 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2022 10:26 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/00131857.2020.1769601 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:159280 |