The mourning after affirmative action: a composite counterstory about whiteness as property, fugitive pedagogy, and possibility-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The mourning after affirmative action: a composite counterstory about whiteness as property, fugitive pedagogy, and possibility

Published:2024-03-19 Issue:3 Volume:43 Page:425-441
ISSN:2040-7149
Container-title:Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:EDI

Author:

Jayakumar Uma Mazyck^ORCID

Abstract

PurposeIn the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision to effectively end race-conscious admissions practices across the nation, this paper highlights the law’s commitment to whiteness and antiblackness, invites us to mourn and to connect to possibility.Design/methodology/approachDrawing from the theoretical contributions of Cheryl Harris, Jarvis Givens and Chezare Warren, as well as the wisdom of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissenting opinion, this paper utilizes CRT composite counterstory methodology to illuminate the antiblack reality of facially “race-neutral” admissions.FindingsBy manifesting the impossible situation that SFFA and the Supreme Court’s majority seek to normalize, the composite counterstory illuminates how Justice Jackson’s hypothetical enacts a fugitive pedagogy within a dominant legal system committed to whiteness as property; invites us to mourn, to connect to possibility and to remain committed to freedom as an intergenerational project that is inherently humanizing.Originality/valueIn a sobering moment where we face the end of race-conscious admissions, this paper uniquely grapples with the contradictions of affirmative action as minimally effective while also radically disruptive.

Publisher

Emerald

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