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How black students in a previously white South African University conceptualize and make sense of racism
Mkhabela, K.M. 2023. How black students in a previously white South African University conceptualize and make sense of racism. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch Univeristy [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/97222a29-0aeb-424b-b3d4-1687affe2014 Thesis (MA)--Ste...
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/129427 How black students in a previously white South African University conceptualize and make sense of racism Mkhabela, Kgothatso Martin Painter, Desmond Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology. Segregation in higher education Populism Democracy Racism in higher education Microaggressions Discrimination in higher education Defense mechanisms (Psychology) Philosophy of mind UCTD Mkhabela, K.M. 2023. How black students in a previously white South African University conceptualize and make sense of racism. Unpublished masters thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch Univeristy [online]. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/97222a29-0aeb-424b-b3d4-1687affe2014 Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2023. ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The narrative about racism concerning black people has consistently been oriented around experiences. Despite the importance of such experiential accounts, knowledge relating to black cognitive conceptualizations of racism has largely remained to be seen. As such, this particular study lends its focus to exploring the conceptualizations of racism by black students in one previously white South African university, one that has a deeply entrenched history of racism. Two independent qualitative theoretical approaches were used to analyse the data sourced from the research participants, being: Social Identity Theory (S.I.T) and Critical Race Theory (CRT). These two theoretical frameworks were used in tandem due to their complementary relevance in providing identity relational approximations between black and white racial groups. Eleven research participants were sampled from the university’s black student population, whose interview data was thematically analysed to reveal underlying conceptualizations about racism and racial dynamics from a uniquely black perspective. The research data revealed unique patterns and commonalities in how racism is currently conceptualized and perceived by black students. The findings of this thesis indicate that black university students conceptualize racism through six operational domains, perceiving racism as increasingly subtle, economic, universally identifiable, imbued into white culture, interlinked with inheritance, and as inherently divisive. This research study has far reaching implications for transformative policy action within the South African university landscape and in broader society, as it will serve to provide more in-depth knowledge and understanding about interpersonal and intrapersonal racial dynamics. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die narratief oor rassisme met betrekking tot swart mense was tot onlangs konsekwent gerig gewees op ervarings. Ten spyte van die belang van sulke ervaringsverslae, het kennis oor swart kognitiewe konseptualisasies van rassisme grootliks ongesien gebly. As sulks rig hierdie spesifieke studie sy fokus op die verkenning van die konseptualering van rassisme deur swart studente in een voormalige wit Suid-Afrikaanse Universiteit – een wat 'n diep ingewortelde geskiedenis van rassisme het. Twee onafhanklike kwalitatiewe teoretiese benaderings is gebruik om die data wat van die navorsingsdeelnemers verkry is, te analiseer, naamlik: Sosiale Identiteitsteorie (S.I.T.) en Kritiese Rasterteorie (KRT). Hierdie twee teoretiese raamwerke is in tandem gebruik as gevolg van hulle aanvullende relevansie om identiteitsverwante benaderings tussen swart en wit rassegroeperings te bied. Elf navorsingsdeelnemers is uit die universiteit se swart studentebevolking gemonster, en die onderhouddata is daarna tematies geanaliseer om onderliggende konseptualiserings oor rassisme en rasse-dinamika vanuit 'n swart perspektief te belig. Die navorsingsdata het unieke patrone en gemeenskaplikhede onthul oor hoe rassisme tans deur swart studente gekonseptualiseer en waargeneem word. Die bevindinge van hierdie tesis dui aan dat swart universiteitsstudente rassisme deur ses operasionele domeine konseptualiseer, waar rassisme gesien word as toenemend subtiel, ekonomies, universeel identifiseerbaar, deurweef in wit kultuur, verweef met erfenis, en as inherent verdeeldheid-saaiend. Hierdie navorsingsstudie het verreikende implikasies vir transformerende beleidsaksie binne die Suid-Afrikaanse universiteitslandskap en in die breër samelewing, aangesien dit dien om 'n dieper begrip van interpersoonlike en intrapersoonlike rasse-dinamika te verskaf. Masters 2023-11-30T09:19:55Z 2024-02-20T11:13:59Z 2023-11-30T09:19:55Z 2024-02-20T11:13:59Z 2023-12 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/129427 en Stellenbosch University vi, 133 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
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