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Author Byrd, W. Carson, author

Title Poison in the ivy : race relations and the reproduction of inequality on elite college campuses / W. Carson Byrd
Published New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 244 pages)
Series The American campus
American campus.
Contents Cover; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. Easing into Views of Race and Inequality in Everyday Life on Campus; 2. Life before College: Factors Influencing Early Views of Race and Inequality; 3. Mixing It Up on Campus: Patterns of and Influences on Student Interactions; 4. Graduating Racial Ideologies: The College Impact on Views of Race and Inequality; 5. When Things Fall Apart: Identities and Interactions within an Intersected Habitus; 6. Interacting Futures and the Reproduction of Racial Inequality; Appendix: Methodology; Notes; References; Index
Summary "The world of elite campuses is one of rarified social circles, as well as prestigious educational opportunities. W. Carson Byrd studied twenty-eight of the most selective colleges and universities in the United States to see whether elite students' social interactions with each other might influence their racial beliefs in a positive way, since many of these graduates will eventually hold leadership positions in society. He found that students at these universities believed in the success of the 'best and the brightest, ' leading them to situate differences in race and status around issues of merit and individual effort. Poison in the Ivy challenges popular beliefs about the importance of cross-racial interactions as an antidote to racism in the increasingly diverse United States. He shows that it is the context and framing of such interactions on college campuses that plays an important role in shaping students' beliefs about race and inequality in everyday life for the future political and professional leaders of the nation. Poison in the Ivy is an eye-opening look at race on elite college campuses, and offers lessons for anyone involved in modern American higher education"-- Provided by publisher
"W. Carson Byrd studied 28 of the most selective colleges and universities in the United States to see whether elite students actually have cross-racial interactions that might influence their racial beliefs in a positive way, since many of these graduates will be in leadership positions later in their careers. He found that students at these universities had a skewed idea of race, in which the context of the 'best and brightest' applied at their school led them to believe that differences in race and inequality were built around issues of merit and individual choice. Racial inequality was rationalized as a result of people who grew up in previous unjust eras, were unlucky, or who have different priorities in life that led them to not achieve as much as elite students. Their cross-racial interactions on campus were thus divorced from race and inequality in the broader social world of America. By looking at cross-racial interactions in friendships, dating, roommates, and in student organizations, Byrd shows how the student's experiences rarely informed these elite college students' racial prejudice, and why these interactions fail to influence their attitudes and beliefs about one another. Poison in the Ivy challenges popular and scholarly beliefs about the importance of cross-racial interactions as an antidote to racism in the increasingly diverse United States. He shows that it is the context and framing of such interactions that suggest that racial attitudes and beliefs are rarely thought of as part and parcel of everyday life for the future political and professional leaders of the nation. Poison in the Ivy is an eye-opening look at race on elite college campuses, and offers lessons for anyone involved in modern American higher education"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 30, 2018)
Subject Racism in higher education -- United States
College students -- United States -- Attitudes
Universities and colleges -- Social aspects -- United States
College integration -- United States
Elite (Social sciences) -- United States
Race Relations
EDUCATION -- Higher.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
EDUCATION -- Inclusive Education.
EDUCATION -- Multicultural Education.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies.
College integration
College students -- Attitudes
Elite (Social sciences)
Race relations
Racism in higher education
Universities and colleges -- Social aspects
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017033131
ISBN 9780813589398
0813589398
0813589371
9780813589374
9780813589367
0813589363