January
08
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Wednesday

Race Talk Series: Macroaggressions and the Workplace - Creating Safe Spaces for Faculty of Color (Diversity Certificate Program Seminar)

Presenter:

Shante Antrom

Audience:

Faculty, Staff, Administrators

Location: 

W2-48

Program Description:

This is the first of three in a series on Research underpins the reality that both faculty and students of color experience racialized trauma, which is race-based stress stemming from institutional racism, macroaggressions and other racial harassments. This trauma is deleterious to the learning and teaching process and works against the goals of respect and acceptance this college seeks to create. Clearly, creating racially-safe environments for students and supporting faculty, which entails repelling any resemblance of racial inequality, encourages student and faculty retention. Also, in the article, Race Pedagogy: Faculty Preparation Matters, Williams and Conyers (2016) encourage safe spaces for faculty to discuss frustrations relating to race talk and microaggressions experienced in-class and elsewhere on campus. It is important to institute programs, focusing on racial healing as both students and faculty are greatly affected by racism in the campus environment.

The University of Washington conducted a study that revealed a connection between racially discriminatory campus climates and grade point averages amongst minority students. A study entitled Interactional Diversity and the Role of a Supportive Racial Climate, found that both dominant and non-dominant racial groups suffer academically when racism is permitted to exist in any form on campus (Cox, 2010). Race Talk: Engaging Culturally Responsive Pedagogues in the 21st Century, is a necessary addition to the discussions on diversity and mindfulness offered by the College. The series will offer the following discussions; Black Rage & White Fragility: Creating a Path for Change, Racial Trauma and the Student Experience and Macroaggressions and the Workplace: Creating Safe Spaces for Faculty of Color.