Black students experience a more hostile campus racial climate than other students of color in schools¶

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Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2025: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Research has demonstrated that Black students experienced a more hostile campus racial climate than other students of color in schools. → Evelyn Ezikwelu 2020

Evidence¶

Evelyn Ezikwelu 2020¶

Evelyn Ezikwelu. (2020). Institutional Racism and Campus Racial Climate: Struggles for Sense of Belonging Among Black Students in K-12 Public Schools. Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis, 10(1). https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jctp/

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Comparative synthesis within the review's literature analysis, citing multiple prior studies. The review reports that "Black students experienced a more hostile racial campus racial climate than other students of color in schools"; no effect sizes are printed.

"research has demonstrated that Black students experienced a more hostile racial campus racial climate than other students of color in schools (D'Augelli & Hershberger, 1993; Feagin et al., 2014; Smith, 2004; Thompson & Fretz, 1991)"

Discussion¶

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