The complexities of race : identity, power, and justice in an evolving America / edited by Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe.
"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 cho...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2021]
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| Physical Description: | viii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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
- The dangers of being too certain : how white desires for racial innocence hinder meaningful racial justice work / Zak Foste
- Islam and hip hop in Black America : oral tradition as critical liberatory praxis / Amer F. Ahmed
- Understanding and responding to resistance when intersectionality is utilized to address 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.