Summary Of Negotiating The Gaze

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The articles chosen for this discussion this week were Negotiating the Gaze and Learning the Hidden Curriculum: A Critical Race Analysis of the Embodiment of Female Students of Color at a Predominantly White Institution and The Origins of Race-conscious Affirmative Action in Undergraduate Admissions: A Comparative Analysis of Institutional Change in Higher Education. In Negotiating the Gaze, the article utilizes Critical Race Theory on Hidden Curriculum of Women of Color within a Predominantly White Institution (PWI), which is an Institution of Higher Learning that is comprised of “dominant” culture, being White and male. The article defines hidden curriculum as social interactions with dominant culture and the lessons learned through …show more content…

“According to Chang (2002), diversity provides a way for institutions to transform themselves towards goals of social justice. (Esposito, 2011, p. 145)” The research that the author does show that while structural diversity, which is designed by the Institution, is effective and impacts some. It is “organic” interactions of students of diverse backgrounds to aid in the embrace of diversity. One of the reasons this organic diversity may not occur is the defacto segregation. Defacto segregation being students of like backgrounds sticking together outside of the classroom. To conduct the research qualitative methodology was utilized. The author, Jennifer Esposito, expressed it was the most effective ways to express the participants. Multiple interviews with multiple women from various fields of study was conducted. Esposito expressed how she identifies with the participants interviewed, as she identifies as Latina and has also attended PWI. The results from the journey of a women of color at a PWI is one of invisibility and heightened visibility are some of the instance along with racism and sexism. One of the many examples being a young woman who felt the heightened visibility from the intimidation as she interpreted when interacting with her professor.
When reading this article, it reminds me of my own journey while working within Film. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree at University Nevada, Las Vegas where there were only 300 film majors and only 6 women. In that number of 6 there were only 2 women of color. To be in that role put you in a sense heightened visibility if I was to critique a classmate’s film in a way they did not prefer. These experiences shaped me for who I am I like to