CHID 496 A: Focus Groups

STUDENT FACILITATOR: IZUMI NANCE **CONTACT CHID ADVISOR OR STUDENT FACILITATOR FOR ADD CODES.** "ERODING POSITIONALITIES: FOUNDATIONS AND INFILTRATIONS OF WHITE SUPREMACY IN HIGHER EDUCATION" AS WE EXAMINE TEXTS ABOUT WHITENESS, WHITE POWER MOVEMENTS, AND HISTORIES OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (INCLUDING THE UW), WE WILL EXPLORE HOW WHITE SUPREMACIST PARADIGMS HAVE FOUNDATIONS, AND CONTINUE TO INFILTRATE, OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. AS STUDENTS, HOWEVER, WE WILL ALSO ENGAGE WITH THE FOUNDATIONS AND METHODS OF INFILTRATION THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE THROUGH OUR OWN POSITIONALITIES, TO SHIFT COMPLACENCIES WITHIN OURSELVES AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES. TEXTS INCLUDE: BRINGING THE WAR HOME, A CHALLENGE TO WHITE SILENCE IN RADICAL DISCUSSIONS, EBONY AND IVY, AND MORE.