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The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities by Carl E. James, Enakshi Dua, Frances Henry

5.0

This book made me think for a very long time. It was both painful to read and very eye-opening. There have been many discussions on lack of female representation in universities at a professor level, but very rarely have I ever heard discussions on racial representation. This made me curious as to whether some of this was true in my own life, so I looked through the the courses I had taken in undergrad and realized that most of the courses were taught by white males. About 10 were taught by white female professors, 5 male professors of color, and no women of color. It wasn’t until I had taken a course after graduation that I even encountered one female professor that was not white. I happen to have a liberal arts major, which in this book has pointed out is even less diverse than the sciences. Anyways, I’m not sure where I’m going with this, except to say that it was very painful to read this book, but it also made me feel less crazy for having had experiences in university courses where I felt as if we were missing whole gaps of understanding when it came to history and cultural differences.