University practices in an age of supercomplexity: Revisiting diversity, equality, and inclusion in higher education

Abstract

as a defence when confronted with racism. The author uses intersectionality as a baseline and build a framework intertwining idealized objectification standards and racial gatekeeping to reveal how white women use specific practices to gain and maintain power and restrict access from People of Colour. The piece uses an autocritographic approach, were a self-study methodology focused on telling and retelling stories. The author examines idealized objectified practices, active racism, and the role as a social justice educator at a south-eastern public university. Morgan’s findings revealed the everyday subtle ways that white supremacy maintains its presence and operation in our society and its ties to our socialized norms and expectations.