Document Type
Issue Area Four
Abstract
The trendy language of diversity in the academy is problematic at best. It calls for cosmetic solutions; it still focuses on people of color as the problem; it seldom addresses ideological assumptions; it sees people of color as a monolithic group refusing to acknowledge the socio-economic, historic, and political differences among African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, and Native Americans. Diversity is usually narrowly defined and primarily refers to issues related to race and ethnicity. It sometimes addresses issues related to people with disabilities, and, when a strong and vocal gay and lesbian population is present in the institution, it then includes sexual orientation.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
2
Issue
2
First Page
124
Last Page
126
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1991 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Molina, Maria Luisa
(1991)
"Issue Four: Coping with and Addressing Racism in Our Educational Institutions [Molina],"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 2:
No.
2, Article 32.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol2/iss2/32
