The complexities of race : identity, power, and justice in an evolving America /

This book discusses current and pressing issues, policies and practices that affect the experience and representations of race, naming and belonging in American culture, politics and racial justice efforts. Many chapters adopt an intersectional approach when covering topics such as race as a choice,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wijeyesinghe, Charmaine, 1958- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2021].
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Table of Contents:
  • The day George Floyd died : change that goes beyond police reform / William E. Cross, Jr.
  • Who gets to choose? Racial identity and the politics of choice / Marc P. Johnston-Guerrero
  • Naming the problem
  • epistemic violence, cognitive maps, relationships of power, and resistance in national narratives about belonging / Nancy López
  • Queer and trans* people of color worldmaking as subject formation and identity development / Reginald A. Blockett and Kristen A. Renn
  • Race and power in transracial and transnational adoption : historical legacies, current issues, and future challenges / JaeRan Kim
  • How did Black folks become Indians? What lived experiences say about belonging, culture, and racial mixture in Native America / Robert Keith Collins
  • Racializing faith : the intersections of racism and (white) Christian hegemony / Kameelah Mu'Min Rashad and D-L Stewart
  • On the dangers of being too certain : white performances of wokeness and innocence / Zak Foste
  • Islam and hip hop in Black America : oral tradition as critical liberatory praxis / Amer F. Ahmed
  • Race and.... : understanding and responding to resistance to intersectional approaches to race, racism, and racial justice work / Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe
  • Embracing the complexities of race, racism, and social justice in changing times / Raechele L. Pope, Amy L. Reynolds, and Chazz Robinson.