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Title Statement | "Are you calling me a racist?": why we need to stop talking about race and start making real antiracist change / Sarita Srivastava. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Why we need to stop talking about race and start making real antiracist change00 |
Author | Srivastava, Sarita |
Publication | New York: New York University Press,2024. |
Extent of Item | xii, 337 pages |
ISBN | 9781479815258 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr07456020 |
Contents | Introduction : the story of Meghan and Harry, or why reading about white fragility is not enough --The feel-good politics of race : why equity and diversity are so elusive --"Nostalgia for a world we never knew" : ambivalent encounters between feminism and antiracism --"Let's talk, cry a little, and learn about each other" : the failures of dialogue, therapy, and education as the antidote to racism --Cry me a river : antiracism as therapy --Innocence as warfare : or "you're so guilt-ridden (you probably think this chapter is about you)" --#BlackoutTuesday : social media as antiracism? --Why is antiracism elusive? (try this instead) : the ACT approach to change. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-321) and index. |
Summary | "Diversity and anti-racism work is too often reduced to training, therapy, education, and policy, or what the author calls "Feel-Good" approaches that focus on emotions and morality and prevent us from taking collective action for racial justice, decolonization, and equity in our organizations and communities."-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Anti-racism |
Equality | |
Racism | |
Social change |