In the “#CommunicationSoWhite” reading, I found it interesting that the author decided to tackle the intersectionality within communications-centered academic writing itself. I thought that table summarizing key journal characteristics was fascinating to view because you are able to clearly see that the older journals in the dataset are the journals that have the lowest percentage of first authors of color. Also the way in which the authors decided to collect their data was interesting and I’m not quite sure how I feel about it because it feels like they are making some big assumptions. They are using photographs and surnames in order to estimate what race certain journal authors identify as.
This makes me think about all the different forms that I fill out for university or applying for jobs that specifically ask for what ethnicity I identify as, and what this information will be used for, and whether or not it will be used against me somehow. It feels strange that corporations feel the need to have this information about us.
Paula Chakravartty, Rachel Kuo, Victoria Grubbs, Charlton McIlwain, #CommunicationSoWhite, Journal of Communication, Volume 68, Issue 2, April 2018, Pages 254–266.
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