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Race Without Racism: How Higher Education Researchers Minimize Racist Institutional Norms, Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D.

Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D.

Presented in this article are examples of how higher education researchers undertake the study of campus racial climates; racial differences in access, outcomes, and attainment; and the experiential realities of students, faculty, and administrators of color on predominantly white campuses without explicitly considering racism or attributing quantified racial inequities to racist institutional practices. Articles on these topics (n=255) published in seven peer-reviewed higher education, student affairs, and community college journals over a 10-year period comprise the data source for this paper. Analyses of article titles and abstracts, as well as discussion and implications sections, reveal three consistent trends: (1) racial …