Transcending Racial Divisions: Will You Stand by Me? - Couverture souple

Louis-Dit-Sully, Christine

 
9781789041316: Transcending Racial Divisions: Will You Stand by Me?
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1789041317 ISBN 13 : 9781789041316
Editeur : John Hunt Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

Martin Luther King, Jr once said, I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. This is one of the aspirations many had when they fought against racism. They understood that for this aspiration to succeed everyone must participate in the project of completely transforming society to eradicate racial divisions and achieve equal treatment. Today, with the increasing demand to recognize the seemingly insurmountable gap between black people and white people, identity-based anti-racism has become more of a hindrance than a solution for a better and freer world for us all. The shift, from aspiring to transform social organization in order to transcend racial divisions to demanding recognition of racial divisions and identities and protection for minorities, represents the defeat of the universalist and radical politics of the past. Racial thinking, actively promoted by racists, has now become an acceptable tool for identity-based anti-racist activists in their demand for representation, diversity, inclusivity, segregation and safe spaces. Christine Louis-Dit-Sully examines the origins of racial thinking and the relationship between race and culture, she asks us to recognise that racial thinking is not the only way of understanding ourselves and the world around us.

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À propos de l?auteur

Christine Louis-Dit-Sully grew up in the infamous banlieue 93 in France but she has since lived also in the UK, USA and Germany. She worked for nearly 20 years in academic biological research. Since leaving her laboratory bench career, she has widened her field of research to politics and humanities, specifically on issues of race, identity, social justice and the demand for safe space in US and UK universities. She lives in Ottenhoefen im Schwarzwald, Germany.

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Éditeur
John Hunt Publishing
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1789041317
ISBN 13 
9781789041316
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
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Personne responsable
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