{"id":36770,"date":"2014-06-29T19:39:49","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T19:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=36770"},"modified":"2016-04-14T19:54:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T19:54:02","slug":"how-race-studies-scholars-can-respond-to-their-haters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=36770","title":{"rendered":"How Race-Studies Scholars Can Respond to Their Haters"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Race-Studies Scholars Can Respond to Their Haters<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Vitae<\/a>
\nA service of The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em>
\n2014-06-27<\/p>\n

Stacey Patton<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Enterprise Reporter<\/p>\n

Graduate school prepares students for a range of intellectual and professional endeavors. Unfortunately, responding to scholarly insults and academic shade-throwing isn\u2019t one of them.<\/p>\n

But for scholars in the fields of race and ethnic studies\u2014including those who work outside the ivory tower\u2014dealing with snide questions, nasty comments, and occasional name-calling is just part of the job description. Over the years, these academics have repeatedly told me that their work is uniquely misunderstood and dismissed by students, fellow faculty, and the general public. The election of Barack Obama<\/a>, some say, has only made it tougher to defend ethnic studies: Amid declarations of a \u201cpost-racial\u201d America, how do you explain why you study and write about racism?<\/p>\n

Nearly every race-studies scholar\u2014white professors included\u2014can identify a phrase that drives them uniquely nuts: \u201cStop playing the race card.\u201d \u201cWhat about white studies?\u201d \u201cRacism is no longer an issue. Why are you beating a dead horse?\u201d…<\/p>\n

…\u201cWe were hoping for a black candidate.\u201d \u2014Matthew Pratt Guterl<\/strong>, Professor of Africana studies and American studies,\u00a0 Brown University<\/em>…<\/p>\n

…\u201cEthnic studies isn\u2019t a real discipline.\u201d \u2014David J. Leonard<\/strong>, Associate professor of critical culture, gender, and race studies, Washington State University at Pullman<\/em>…<\/p>\n

…\u201cDo you have a Ph.D.?\u201d\u00a0 \u2014Kerry Ann Rockquemore<\/strong>, CEO and president, National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity<\/em>…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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