Visible allies and muslim inclusion
Bahrainwala L.
2019
Academic Labor Beyond the College Classroom: Working for Our Values
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10.4324/9780429316265-5
Muslims in the U.S._receive disproportionate and negative media coverage that rarely centers Muslim voices. This creates a need for platforms that recognize Muslim bodies and their allyship capacities. This chapter examines the process of organizing a “Muslims in Academia” Symposium at a private liberal-arts university in the U.S. South in an area that has been marked by high-profile anti-Muslim incidents. In this chapter, I_describe how organizing such a symposium can reveal silences in institutional policy, and highlight strategies for protecting vulnerable faculty and ameliorating institutional cultures. Additionally, I_explore how equity work can insist on more intersectional approaches and resist being siloed from other social-justice issues, and I_call on marginalized individuals to demonstrate allyship capacities. © 2020 Taylor & Francis.
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