Language, Literacy, and the Institutional Dynamics of Racism: Late-1960s Writing Instruction for “High-Risk” African American Undergraduate Students at One Predominantly White University

College Composition and Communication Sep 2008

Language, Literacy, and the Institutional Dynamics of Racism: Late-1960s Writing Instruction for “High-Risk” African American Undergraduate Students at One Predominantly White University

Steve Lamos

Abstract

This essay analyzes the ways in which subtly but powerfully racist ideologies of language and literacy shaped the institutional development of one writing program for “high-risk” African American college students during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It further theorizes the value of such institutional analysis for counteracting racism within present-day writing programs.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2008-09-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc20086751
Open Access: Closed
Topics: writing pedagogy writing program administration graduate education race and writing

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