The Paradox of Diversity in the Israeli Academia: Reproducing White Jewishness and National Supremacy
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| Title: | The Paradox of Diversity in the Israeli Academia: Reproducing White Jewishness and National Supremacy |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Abu-Rabia-Queder, Sarab |
| Source: | Race, Ethnicity and Education. 2022 25(2):231-248. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2022 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Diversity, Jews, College Students, Student Diversity, Racial Discrimination, Immigrants, Whites |
| Geographic Terms: | Israel, Ethiopia |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13613324.2019.1694502 |
| ISSN: | 1361-3324 |
| Abstract: | This paper claims that policies designed to promote diversity and provide Ethiopian Jews with opportunities in Israeli institutions of higher learning create a paradox where, rather than diversifying student bodies and faculties in universities, they bolster the reproduction of national and religious supremacy of white Jews in the Israeli academia. Interviews with 50 Ethiopian students reveal that the racialized cultural indexes on which Israeli society structures its racialized attitudes towards Ethiopian immigrants have not been purged from university campuses. Instead, I argue, they continue to suffuse and shape those very programs designed to combat them by reinventing Jewish privilege and national exclusivity in Israeli universities. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2022 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1332110 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This paper claims that policies designed to promote diversity and provide Ethiopian Jews with opportunities in Israeli institutions of higher learning create a paradox where, rather than diversifying student bodies and faculties in universities, they bolster the reproduction of national and religious supremacy of white Jews in the Israeli academia. Interviews with 50 Ethiopian students reveal that the racialized cultural indexes on which Israeli society structures its racialized attitudes towards Ethiopian immigrants have not been purged from university campuses. Instead, I argue, they continue to suffuse and shape those very programs designed to combat them by reinventing Jewish privilege and national exclusivity in Israeli universities. |
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| ISSN: | 1361-3324 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13613324.2019.1694502 |
