Overview
- Uses a unique structure to bridge the gap between the academy and grassroots activism
- Makes concrete the links between commercial blackness, the structures of whiteness and institutional control
- Draws upon education as a philosophical and ethical framework
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About this book
This book explores the 'invisible' impact whiteness has on the lived 'black' experience in the UK. Using education as a philosophical and ethical framework, the author interrogates the vision of Black Radicalism proposed by Kehinde Andrews, exploring its potential applicability to grassroots activism. Clennon uses an interdisciplinary theoretical framework to draw together his previous writings on 'blackness', in effect crystallising the links between commercial (urban) blackness, the pathological structures of whiteness and institutional control. Drawing inspiration from Robbie Shilliam's cosmologically related 'hinterlands' as an antidote to the nature of colonial (Eurocentric) epistemologies, the author uses the polemical chapters as gateways to theoretical discussion about the material effects of whiteness felt on the ground. This controversial and unflinching volume will be of interest to students and scholars of race studies, particularly within education, and the lived black experience.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Reviews
“The book is insightful and provides a different scope on racialized discourse from a praxis perspective and its appeal to community workers provides an inclusive attempt to engage audiences outside of academia. The book also offers a very interesting point of departure particularly regarding the exploration of Community resistance in a neoliberal post-truth era. The situating of this chapter within a post-truth context and why activism is needed to disrupt this is powerful.” (Jason Arday, Roehampton University, UK)
“This is a timely and important book that expertly combines personal narrative with nuanced theoretical analysis. Black Scholarly Activism between the Academy and Grassroots is a deeply engaging work that urges the reader to consider the possibilities and challenges facing academics who work towards social justice. Once picked up, this is a difficult book to put down: a must read.” (Remi Joseph-Salisbury, University of Manchester, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ornette D. Clennon is a Visiting Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is also an activist and writer, working both at local and national levels, and in 2011 received the NCCPE Beacons New Partnerships Award for his enterprise and activism work.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Black Scholarly Activism between the Academy and Grassroots
Book Subtitle: A Bridge for Identities and Social Justice
Authors: Ornette D. Clennon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00837-6
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-00836-9Published: 12 October 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-00837-6Published: 26 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 153
Topics: Ethnicity in Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education