Quiet Discrimination - Couverture souple

Simplice, Martine

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798233704291

Editeur : Martine Simplice, 2026

Synopsis

QUIET DISCRIMINATION

When Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Are Celebrated, Yet Exclusion Persists.

"Everything appears normal. That is precisely the problem."

Discrimination does not always begin with a shout or an insult. More often, it settles in the silence of a rule applied with selective rigor, in a "rational" decision that systematically sidelines the same faces, or in a doubt that one eventually turns against oneself.
In Quiet Discrimination, Martine Simplice pulls back the curtain on institutional and bureaucratic racism-the kind that leaves no visible bruises but wears down bodies and shatters professional trajectories. Through poignant narratives and rigorous sociological analysis, she deconstructs the mechanics of exclusion:

• The Adultification of Children: Why is a five-year-old Black child perceived as a "problem to be managed" while their white peer receives the benefit of innocence?
• The Concrete Ceiling and the "Sticky Floor" How the excellence of racialized women is exploited to stabilize the system while they are denied access to decision-making roles.
• Racial Battle Fatigue: The biological and psychological cost of constant hyper-vigilance in spaces where one is tolerated, but never fully integrated.
• The Silence of Witnesses: The devastating impact of the neutrality of those who see, but choose social peace over justice.

Quiet Discrimination is more than a report on damages; it is a survival manual and a call for collective accountability. It is an essential read for those who have felt "something was wrong" without being able to name it, and for institutions that claim to celebrate diversity while maintaining the status quo of exclusion.

It is time for silence to stop being the rule.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Martine Simplice est doctorante en philosophie de l'éducation et professeure à temps partiel. Forte d'une double formation en Lettres françaises et en Travail social, elle porte un regard unique sur le milieu universitaire: à la fois analytique et profondément humain.

Ses recherches actuelles portent sur l'éducation inclusive et antiraciste. Avec Université en Territoire Hostile, elle transforme son expertise institutionnelle et son expérience de terrain en un manuel de combat pratique, conçu pour redonner le pouvoir aux étudiantes face à la bureaucratie.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Martine Simplice
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798233704291
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 204
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible