Description: Reckoning by Anne Dueweke At a time when many individuals and institutions are reexamining their histories to better understand their tangled roots of racism and oppression, Reckoning tells the story of how American ideas about colonialism and race shaped Kalamazoo College, a progressive liberal arts institution in the Midwest. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description At a time when many individuals and institutions are reexamining their histories to better understand their tangled roots of racism and oppression, Reckoning: Kalamazoo College Uncovers Its Racial and Colonial Past tells the story of how American ideas about colonialism and race shaped Kalamazoo College, a progressive liberal arts institution in the Midwest. Beginning with its founding in 1833 during the era of Indian Removal, the book follows the development of the college through the Civil War, the long period of racial entrenchment that followed Reconstruction, minstrel shows performed on campus in the 1950s during the rise of the Civil Rights movement, Black student activism in the wake of Martin Luther Kings assassination, the quest for multiculturalism in the 1990s, and the recent activism of a changing student body. This close look at the colonial and racial history of one institution reveals academias investment in White supremacy and the permutations and contradictions of race and racism in higher education. Though the details are unique to Kalamazoo, other predominantly White colleges and universities would have similar historical trajectories, for in the end our institutional histories reflect the history of the United States. By examining the ways in which a progressive, midwestern college has absorbed, resisted, and perpetuated American systems of colonialism and racism, the book challenges higher education to use this moment to make the deep, structural changes necessary to eliminate disparities in experiences and outcomes among students of color and their White peers. Reckoning is a volume that can be used in a variety of courses that deal with topics such as History of Education, Social Justice in Higher Education, and more. Author Biography Anne Dueweke worked at Kalamazoo College, her alma mater, for over twenty years. During most of that time, she served as director of faculty grants and institutional research. Other roles included director of the Academic Resource Center and director of student fellowships. Throughout her time at Kalamazoo, she served as an academic advisor to many students and was very involved in outcomes assessment and reaccreditation work. Dueweke led a number of equity and inclusion initiatives, including student focus groups on race, campus climate studies, and the committee that drafted Kalamazoo Colleges first land acknowledgement statement. In 2016, she received the Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award, and from 2015-2021 she held a fellowship from Kalamazoo Colleges Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership. Dueweke currently works as a resource developer for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. She lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Table of Contents AcknowledgementsNoteson Language Introduction One:Ascendancy ""Hardly Enough Left to Cover theBones""""To TakeAscendancy by Right of Priority"" ""Not Counting Indians""""Swap and Dicker""""For the Instruction of Young Ladiesand Gentlemen""""We Have Not a Mind to Remove to aDistant Land""""An Academic Grove Worthy of Platoand His Pupils"" Two:Dissenters and Heretics From Slavery to a Black MeccaOf Segregationists,Assimilationists, and Anti-Racists""I Want to Be Off for Africa""""The Narrow Spirit of Sectarianismand Bigotry""Heretics""A Live Man, in Every Sense of theTerm"" Three:The Shape of ThingsThe New White CityThe Ivory Tower""The Negro Problem""""America for Americans""Missionary Mindset""A Sprinkling of Units from OtherEthnic Cultures""Unbidden Four:Behind the MaskAn Indian PrinceHappy Days""Flagrant Examples of DiscriminationAre Everywhere Present""The Civil Rights Movement as Seenfrom the Kalamazoo College Campus""A Great Deal of Patience and Tact"" Five: ""There Is No Innocence""""Our UneasySilence"" ""BoilingWater"" College ""You Haveto Be Somebody""""Black IsBeautiful""""Our TimeIs Extremely Valuable and Can Be Wasted No Longer""""You MustAttempt to Stand Where We Are Standing""""The MostVolatile Act That Can Be Taken""Six: The Brick WallBacksliding""Where AreYour Cultural Differences?""The Questfor Multiculturalism""The SunSetting in the West""Bad Apples Conclusion: Bending the ArcAbout the Author Index Review "Kalamazoo College has been a center of social justice teaching and leadership training for decades. Anne Duewekes excellent new book reminds us of that practice, but she also reveals that few long-standing institutions, including K College, are untouched by the legacies of racism and colonialism. An important case study of the political and ethical issues facing college campuses in the 21st century."-Barbara Ransby, John D. MacArthur Chair and Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago, and author of the award-winning biography, Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement"Reckoning is the fascinating story of the nearly two centuries history of Kalamazoo College, viewed through the powerful lens of White privilege. It is the story of trying to reconcile lofty ideals with the stark realities of racism. And it is an unfinished story because we dont know whether Kalamazoo College will ultimately succeed in achieving its social justice goals. Reckoning shows us the importance of taking time to reflect on what has gone before so that we can contemplate what is yet to come. It should be required reading for all who profess a renewed commitment to dismantling structural racism."-David J. Asai, Senior Director, Science Education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute"Dueweke traces the history of Kalamazoo Colleges origins in settler colonialism and its evolution to the cusp of Americas current racial reckoning. Without fanfare or oversentimentality, this historical case study uncovers contradictions between progress and backlash, between courageous institutional leadership and resistance to change, between grassroots activism and institutional repression. Recounting Indigenous, Black, Asian students experiences brings era-specific socio-political contexts to life as national politics played out within Kalamazoo. Revealing this troubled past—restores and clarifies what higher education, and particularly, the liberal arts has been—leading us to wonder what it might still become..."-Toni King, Associate Professor of Black Studies and Womens & Gender Studies, Charles and Nancy Brickman Distinguished Leadership Chair, Denison University"Carefully researched and passionately written, Duewekes history illuminates both the longstanding progressive commitments of Kalamazoo College and its enduring entanglements with colonialism, enslavement, and institutional racism. This book is a model for the kind of reckoning required of all American educational institutions if we are to truly live up to our social justice commitments."-Laura Barraclough, Professor of American Studies, Yale University"Anne Dueweke reminds us that the time for reckoning is always at hand. As she traces the history of one liberal arts college, she outlines the limits of American humility and the power of visionary leadership. From the shadow of the Indian Removal Act, cast to clear the physical and social landscape, to recent efforts to listen attentively to diverse students and respond to their needs, this is a re-counting of facts that tells the full story. It does not romanticize racism, nor does it make excuses for ethnic exclusion. Reckoning: Kalamazoo College Uncovers Its Racial and Colonial Past is an act of reconciliation and redirection. By moving beyond theory to assess practices, this is a book centered on the education and evolution of humanity. It is the record of one institution finding its soul."-Margaret Ann Noodin, Professor of English and American Indian Studies and Associate Dean of Humanities, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Review Quote " Reckoning is the fascinating story of the nearly two centuries history of Kalamazoo College, viewed through the powerful lens of White privilege. It is the story of trying to reconcile lofty ideals with the stark realities of racism. And it is an unfinished story because we dont know whether Kalamazoo College will ultimately succeed in achieving its social justice goals. Reckoning shows us the importance of taking time to reflect on what has gone before so that we can contemplate what is yet to come. It should be required reading for all who profess a renewed commitment to dismantling structural racism." Details ISBN1975505069 Author Anne Dueweke Short Title Reckoning Pages 300 Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1975505069 ISBN-13 9781975505066 Format Paperback Subtitle Kalamazoo College Uncovers Its Racial and Colonial Past Place of Publication Sterling, VA Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2022-02-11 AU Release Date 2022-02-11 NZ Release Date 2022-02-11 US Release Date 2022-02-11 UK Release Date 2022-02-11 DEWEY 378.77418 Audience Professional & Vocational Publisher Myers Education Press Imprint Myers Education Press We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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