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September 20, 2025Social ProblemsOpen Access

“If not us, then who?”: black faculty and staff experiencing racial equity trauma while doing diversity, equity and inclusion in the wake of the summer 2020 racial reckoning

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SMShawntae Mitchum

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Overview

Qualitative analysis reveals Black faculty's perceptions of performative diversity work in DEI efforts, suggesting systemic inadequacies.

Key Points

  • Increased demands for diversity equity and inclusion work led to experiences of racial equity trauma among Black faculty and staff.
  • Research involves 23 qualitative interviews across 12 community colleges revealing perceptions of performative diversity efforts.
  • Institutions' lack of resources to support racialized equity labor contributed to feelings of anti-Blackness in these roles.
  • This work underscores the need for structural changes to address the demands placed on Black faculty and staff in the DEI landscape.

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Shawntae Mitchum (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d46ab431b076d99fa67b4fhttps://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spaf049
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