{"product_id":"campus-counterspaces-micere-keels-9781501746888","title":"Campus Counterspaces: Black and Latinx Students' Search for Community at Historically White Universities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrustrated with the flood of news articles and opinion pieces that were skeptical of minority students' \"imagined\" campus microaggressions, Micere Keels, a professor of comparative human development, set out to provide a detailed account of how racial-ethnic identity structures Black and Latinx students' college transition experiences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracking a cohort of more than five hundred Black and Latinx students since they enrolled at five historically white colleges and universities in the fall of 2013 \u003ci\u003eCampus Counterspaces\u003c\/i\u003e finds that these students were not asking to be protected from new ideas. Instead, they relished exposure to new ideas, wanted to be intellectually challenged, and wanted to grow. However, Keels argues, they were asking for access to counterspaces--safe spaces that enable radical growth. They wanted counterspaces where they could go beyond basic conversations about whether racism and discrimination still exist. They wanted time in counterspaces with likeminded others where they could simultaneously validate and challenge stereotypical representations of their marginalized identities and develop new counter narratives of those identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this critique of how universities have responded to the challenges these students face, Keels offers a way forward that goes beyond making diversity statements to taking diversity actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Micere Keels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150174688X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501746888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2020","brand":"Micere Keels","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088464720127,"sku":"9781501746888","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_63de2def-cfc4-4290-abef-46f106025de9.jpg?v=1769104946","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/campus-counterspaces-micere-keels-9781501746888","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}