Civility and Structural Precarity for Faculty of Color in LIS

摘要

Previous studies have established particular patterns of inequity, micro, and macro-aggressionsthat affect faculty of color at U.S. universities. This article provides an autoethnographicperspectiveon the experiences of women of color in LIS. It focuses specifically on the ways thatprioritizing comfort and civility over equity and justice can create structural precarity – precaritythat is built into academic systems of reward and punishment – for female faculty of color. Thearticle also gives brief suggestions for resolving this issue.