Critical Race Studies Across Disciplines

Jonathan Langston Chism; Stacie Craft DeFreitas; Vida Robertson; David Ryden

doi:10.5771/9781793635891

Summary

This book argues that critical race theory (CRT)—which originated within Legal Studies during the 1970s—has permeated multiple academic disciplines and informs the ethical commitments of scholars in diverse fields of study. Critical Race Studies Across Disciplines includes essays by scholars of African American studies from various disciplines, who directly and indirectly incorporate CRT through signaling a commitment to scholar-activism or scholactivism. Scholactivists hope to understand the roots of anti-Black racism and to actively oppose all forms of oppression. Drawing on CRT, the volume counters the colorblind rhetoric of those who dismiss the notion of systemic racism, discount racial inequities, and disregard racial justice advocates as malcontents fanning the flames of racial dissension. The contributors of this collection challenge racism centering the stories, perspectives, and counter-narratives of African American soldiers, teachers, students, writers, psychologists, and theologians who continually defy and resist oppression in myriad ways.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3588-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3589-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 302
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures and Tables No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 22
1. Introduction No access
2. Chapter 1 “I Wuz Like a Petty Dog” No access
3. Chapter 2 Slave to Soldier No access
4. Chapter 3 Fighting on Two Fronts No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Chapter 4 “Getcha Lesson” No access
3. Chapter 5 “Good” Pedagogy No access
4. Chapter 6 Surviving the Wild West No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Chapter 7 Rememory and Toni Morrison’s Beloved No access
3. Chapter 8 The Unscripted Script of Black YouTube (BYT) No access
4. Chapter 9 HIV/AIDS, Sexualized Anti-Blackness, and Bodily Geographies of Struggle No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Chapter 10 The State of Black Mental Health No access
3. Chapter 11 The True Measure of American Greatness No access
1. African American History No access
2. African Americans and Education No access
3. African American Literary and Cultural Studies No access
4. African American Psychology No access
5. African American Religion No access
6. About the Contributors No access
Index No access Pages 283 - 296
1. About the Editors No access
2. About the Contributors No access