Blog post 10

 For this week's blog post, I will be focusing on Chakravartty's article "#CommunicationSoWhite." The topic of the article focused on racial inequalities in terms of scholarly articles. When people are working on a new study and doing extensive research, it is important that they are properly represented in citations. I think it is unethical if people of color are improperly represented in citations based on race. 

Chakravartty said, "In this article, we find that non-White scholars are significantly underrepresented as published authors and under-cited as producers of value in the field of communication (Chakravartty 262)." This article also provided a table that showed key journal characteristics that included % of first authors who are of color, % Ed Board POC, and % with race-related topics. These numbers were shocking to see how low some of them were. Chakravartty then followed with a quote saying "Increasing the number of published scholars of color obviously expands the pool of citable publications by authors of color, and prioritizing graduate recruitment, faculty hiring practices, and mentorship of emerging scholars of color are important steps toward changing the valuation of whiteness in institutions (Ahmend 2012)." It is important that scholars of color receive the same amount of representation when it comes to scholarly citations.

Chakravartty, Paula, et al. “#Communicationsowhite.” Journal of Communication, vol. 68, no. 2, 2018, p. 262., https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqy003.

Ahmend, S (2012). On being included: Racism and diversity in institutional life.              Durham, NC: Duke University Press.