Abstract:Using a critical framework and narrative inquiry, we highlight the experiences of 26 student activists engaged in identity-based activism and resistance. Specifically, we sought to examine the role of power and identity in activists’ efforts to address inequities in campus environments. Identity-based activism and resistance includes efforts to interrupt oppressive environments related to one or more of a students’ minoritized identities. Themes from this study include existence as resistance as a form of activism, nuanced understandings of the label activist, and activism as a response to hostile campus environments. We conclude with recommendations for educators and administrators, specifically challenging them to consider their roles in perpetuating power and dominance that requires students to engage in activism on their campuses.

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“我肩上的整个世界的重量”：权力、身份和学生激进主义

摘要：使用批判性框架和叙事探究，我们重点介绍了 26 名从事基于身份的激进主义和抵抗的学生活动家的经历。具体而言，我们试图研究权力和身份在积极分子解决校园环境不平等的努力中的作用。基于身份的激进主义和抵抗包括努力中断与一个或多个学生的少数群体身份相关的压迫性环境。这项研究的主题包括作为一种激进主义形式的抵抗存在，对标签激进主义的细微理解，以及作为对敌对校园环境的反应的激进主义。最后，我们为教育工作者和管理人员提出了建议，特别是挑战他们考虑自己在维持权力和支配地位方面的作用，这要求学生在校园中积极参与。