Understanding and Managing Sophisticated and Everyday Racism

Dr. Victoria Showunmi is associate professor at University College London in the Faculty of Institute of Education.Dr. Carol Tomlin is visiting fellow at the University Leeds.

• Front Piece: The Black SwanAcknowledgmentsList of FiguresPrefaceIntroductionChapter One: Race and Racism(s)Chapter Two: The Tangled Web of Blackness, Identity and RaceChapter Three: Sophisticated and Everyday Racism: What does it look like?Chapter Four: The Language Style of Black Women and its Implications for Education and WorkChapter Five: Challenges Hindering the Success of Some Black Women: Education, Parenting and the Labour MarketChapter Six: Suffering in silence: Black British Young Women and their Well-BeingChapter Seven: Black women reflecting on being Black in the academyChapter Eight: Flip the Script and Change the NarrativeChapter Nine: ConclusionReferencesAbout the Authors

Sophisticated Racism is essential reading. At once confronting, tender and sophisticated, the book centers Black women's lived experiences in a manner that critiques both national policy and everyday racism. The book is beautifully written, with Victoria Showunmi and Carol Tomlin sharing personal trauma and triumph while at the same time offering insights that researchers, policy makers and everyday people seeking better understanding of race, racism and race relations will find helpful.