“A Student Should Have the Privilege of Just Being a Student”: Student Activism as Labor

Chris Linder, Stephen John Quaye, Alex C. Lange, Ricky Ericka Roberts, Marvette C. Lacy, Wilson Kwamogi Okello

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Abstract

Students with minoritized identities have been engaged in campus activism as a way to hold institutional leaders accountable for addressing oppression. What is particularly unique about these activists is that they often advocate for change as a way to survive in their minoritized bodies. Because these activists are working to address institutional oppression, they are not able to engage in the activities that historically lead to educationally-beneficial college experiences. The purpose of this study was to explore the extra labor in which 25 student activists engaged, including the costs and consequences of their activism.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)37-62
Number of pages26
JournalReview of Higher Education
Volume42
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Education

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