.@JedidahIslerPhD's story of achievement is dazzling; what about structural barriers faced? https://fellowsblog.ted.com/on-ivanka-trump-and-truly-inspirational-stem-20dda9a96a49#.iib4uzuzj … #inspiredSTEM #marginsci
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@JedidahIslerPhD makes clear that a White influential woman *saying* she's inspired is far from proactive action.#inspiredSTEM#marginsciThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JedidahIslerPhD encourages all of us to speak up about inequalities in#STEMM & society even when it's hard...#inspiredSTEM#marginsciThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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... Because it's easy to gasp when
@JedidahIslerPhD describes a smart WOC scientist being mistaken for janitor...#inspiredSTEM#marginsciThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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...but then again that's the type of "bad racism" educated White people recognise as "racism."
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Fact is that education is a social institution that is paradoxical: it is structured to reproduce inequality...
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...creating near insurmountable institutional obstacles for
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...while also enabling the knowledge frameworks to critically evaluate & respond to stories of discrimination.
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When educated White right wing people see
#WOC like@JedidahIslerPhD they are impressed by her intellectualism...#inspiredSTEM#marginsciThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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...But this impression only validates their perception that they are forward thinkers on the right side of justice.
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When right wing White woman says she's "inspired" by
@JedidahIslerPhD this deflects White privilege & "bad" racism.#inspiredSTEM#marginsciThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Whiteness studies show education allows for deflection of "individual racism" while maintaining structural racism.
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For example Ruth Frankenberg showed educated White women exhibit "colour blindness"...
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...The belief that race has no impact on their lives. For example daughter of rich businessman who became President
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can exalt exceptionalism of
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