Black Racialization and Resistance at an Elite University

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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The presence and experiences of Black people at elite universities have been largely underrepresented and erased from institutional histories. This book engages with a collection of these experiences that span half a century and reflect differences in class, gender, and national identifications among Black scholars. By mapping Black people’s experiences of studying and teaching at McGill University, this book reveals how the "whiteness" of the university both includes and exceeds the racial identities of students and professors. It highlights the specific functions of Blackness and of anti-Blackness within society in general and within the institution of higher education in particular, demonstrating how structures and practices of the university reproduce interlocking systems of oppression that uphold racial capitalism, reproduce colonial relations, and promote settler nationalism. Critically engaging the work of Black learners, academics, organizers, and activists within this dynamic political context, this book underscores the importance of Black Studies across North America.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-05-18
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt320 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781487524869

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Acknowledgements PreludeFinding a Conversation"Becoming" an Activist1. Introduction: The University as a Site of StruggleSettler Colonialism and Education: A Brief OverviewThe Canadian UniversityWhose University? The 1960sBlack Educational Activism and Black (Canadian) StudiesNeoliberalism and the UniversityOn Critical Race Counter-Storytelling2. Colonial Legacies and Canadian IvyMeeting James McGillSlavery and the Transatlantic Slave EconomyThe University and its SponsorsMcGill Lineage3. Trying to Keep Canada White and the Power to Write HistoryMcGill and the Modernization of QuébecAnticolonial Resistance and Black PowerToward a New MillenniumConclusion: On a Critical Engagement with History4. The Idealized Elite UniversityClass and Class-Minded-ness"The McGill Bubble": A "Sea of Whiteness"White Hallways by Cora-Lee ConwayThe professoriateOn Mentorship and Academic "Expertise"The Power of the ProfConclusion: Expectations Meet Experience5. Being and Becoming BlackA Word on WhitenessSocialization in a Culture of Whiteness"I didn’t know I was Black"Black Canadian "identity problems"Managing Interlocking Stereotype ThreatsConstruction WorkBlack as in Radical, Radical as in RootedCommunity and CommuningConclusion: Navigating and Resisting Racialization and Colonial Ideology6. Serving Up Resistance"Diversity & equity" workHiring committeesThe Africana Studies CommitteeMapping Power and Informed Decision MakingConclusion Bibliography

"Black Racialization and Resistance at an Elite University is an important scholarly contribution to educational history broadly and more specifically in its documentation of Black experiences in Canadian universities. It is a welcomed intervention in the institutional histories of the Canadian academy that is often whitewashed and actively erases the presence and activism of Black students, faculty, and community members."- Natasha Henry (Historical Studies in Education, Vol. 33, No. 1)