Vicarious racism: a qualitative analysis of experiences with secondhand racism in graduate education

Kimberly A. Truong; Samuel D. Museus; Keon McGuire

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Vicarious racism: a qualitative analysis of experiences with secondhand racism in graduate education

Kimberly A. Truong, Samuel D. Museus, Keon McGuire

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In this article, the authors examine the role of vicarious racism in the experiences of doctoral students of color. The researchers conducted semi-structured individual interviews with 26 doctoral students who self-reported experiencing racism and racial trauma during their doctoral studies. The analysis generated four themes that detail the different ways in which doctoral students of color in the study experienced vicarious racism and the consequences of this secondhand racism. These themes are (a) observed racism, (b) trickledown racism, (c) normalization of racism, and (d) racial resistance. The article concludes with implications for future research and practice.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	224-247
Number of pages	24
Journal	International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2015.1023234
State	Published - Feb 7 2016

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higher education
racism
vicarious racism

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