Gender Inequality In Higher Education

Within the United States’ culture, racist and sexist ideologies permeate the social structure and serve as norms to such an extreme degree that they become hegemonic and seen as common and natural. From corporate institutions, to religious institutions, to academic institutions, Black women have been slighted the opportunity to be seen as equals when it comes to their counterparts. The education of African American students and women alike have been influenced by a number of institutional and social reforms. The movement from legally denying African American students the opportunity to an education; to the separate but “equal” educational system; to the integration of the American schools; these remedies attempted to afford African Americans an education and fight the pattern of injustice and discrimination. Women and Blacks can theoretically …show more content…
Despite progress, sex and race bias present unique challenges to Black women, especially within the academy. Recently, there has been an incline in the number of women participating in higher education not only as professionals but students as well (Brown-Glaude, 2010). And, unfortunately, in academia, acceptance of African-American women's scholarship and fair compensation reflecting their contribution are lagging behind that of white women. In order to confront race and gender inequality in higher education, it is imperative to grasp the temperament of power constructs and the ways in which racialized, classed and gendered boundaries are produced and lived through black female subjectivity in of places of learning and