This session will explore the history of white supremacy in academic libraries and higher education. Until we confront this troubled history, we cannot move forward with positive change.
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Chiu, A., Ettarh, F. M., & Ferretti, J. A. (2021). Not the shark, but the water: How neutrality and vocational awe intertwine to uphold white supremacy. In S. Y. Yeung & J. R. López-McKnight (Eds.), Knowledge justice: Disrupting library and information studies through Critical Race Theory (pp. 49-71). MIT Press.
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de jesus, n. (2014). Locating the library in institutional oppression. In the Library with the Lead pipe.
Honma, T. (2005). Trippin' over the color line: The invisibility of race in library and information studies. InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, 1(2).
Hudson, D. J. (2017). On "diversity" as anti-racism in library and information studies: A critique." Journal of Critical Library and Information Studies, 1(1).
Squire, D., Williams, B., & Tuitt, F. (2018). Plantation politics and neoliberal racism in higher education: A framework for reconstructing anti-racist institutions. Teachers College Record, 120(14), 1-20.
Walker, S. (2015). Critical race theory and the recruitment, retention and promotion of a librarian of color: A counterstory. (Also published in R. Hankins & M. Juárez (Eds.), Where are all the librarians of color? The experiences of people of color in academia (pp.. Library Juice Press.)