Disciplinary containment: whiteness and the academic scarcity narrative |
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| Authors: | Lisa A Flores Logan Rae Gomez |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Communication, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA lisa.flores@colorado.edu;3. Department of Communication, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Amid rising controversy around the alleged distinctions between merit and excellence lies a familiar refrain, scarcity. The narrative of academic scarcity, proclaiming the insufficient numbers of scholars and academics of color, permeates conversations in higher education. We suggest that the academic scarcity narrative, a remnant of stagnant logics of diversity, circulates as a contemporary mechanism of what we name disciplinary containment. Extending disciplinary conversations around rhetorical containment, we argue that disciplinary containment perpetuates whiteness. |
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| Keywords: | Containment race whiteness scarcity abundance |
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