Beyond Comfort Zones of Whiteness: Strategies for Inclusion of People of Color in the Social Milieu of Predominantly White Institutions

Authors

C. S'Thembile West Ph.D., Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Western Illinois University

Date of this Version

October 2001

Abstract

This session seeks to promote the recognition and acknowledgement of the humanity of people of color and discusses the development of faculty initiatives to enhance the retention of people of color in predominantly white institutions as it highlights the challenges of white skin privilege.