"Are you calling me a racist?" why we need to stop talking about race and start making real antiracist change
Preface: 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, Cr...
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New York
New York University Press
2024
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Antiracism
> Racism
> Equality
> Social change
> Bildungsstrategien und -politik
> EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General
> Educational strategies & policy
> Ethnic Studies
> Ethnic studies
> SOC070000
> SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
> Social & cultural history
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| Zusammenfassung: | Preface: 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)" -- #Blackout Tuesday: Social Media as Antiracism? -- Why is Antiracism Elusive? (Try This Instead): The ACT Approach to Change. "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"-- Shows why diversity workshops fail and offers concrete solutions for a path forwardDespite decades of anti-racism workshops and diversity policies in corporations, schools, and nonprofit organizations, racial conflict has only increased in recent years. Are You Calling Me a Racist? reveals why these efforts have failed to effectively challenge racism and offers a new way forward.Drawing from her own experience as an educator and activist, as well as extensive interviews and analyses of contemporary events, Sarita Srivastava shows that racial encounters among well-meaning people are ironically hindered by the emotional investment they have in being seen as good people. Diversity workshops devote energy to defending, recuperating, educating, and inwardly reflecting, with limited results, and these exercises often make things worse. These Feel-Good politics of race, Srivastava explains, train our focus on the therapeutic and educational, rather than on concrete practices that could move us towards true racial equity. Inthis type of approach to diversity training, people are more concerned about being called a racist than they are about changing racist behavior. Are You Calling Me a Racist? is a much-needed challenge to the status quo of diversity training, and will serve as a valuable resource for anyone dedicated to dismantling racism in their communities, educational institutions, public or private organizations, and social movements |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 337 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781479815258 978-1-4798-1525-8 9781479815265 978-1-4798-1526-5 |