Coloniality and Racial (In)Justice in the University: Counting for Nothing? - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1487523815 ISBN 13: 9781487523817

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2021

Synopsis

Coloniality and Racial (In)Justice in the University examines the disruption and remaking of the university at a moment in history when white supremacist politics have erupted across North America, as have anti-racist and anti-colonial movements. Situating the university at the heart of these momentous developments, this collection debunks the popular claim that the university is well on its way to overcoming its histories of racial exclusion.

Written by faculty and students located at various levels within the institutional hierarchy, this book demonstrates how the shadows of settler colonialism and racial division are reiterated in "newer" neoliberal practices. Drawing on critical race and Indigenous theory, the chapters challenge Eurocentric knowledge, institutional whiteness, and structural discrimination that are the bedrock of the institution.

The authors also analyse their own experiences to show how Indigenous dispossession, racial violence, administrative prejudice, and imperialist militarization shape classroom interactions within the university.

About this title

About the Author

Sunera Thobani is a professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1487523815
• ISBN 13: 9781487523817
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 422
• Editor: Thobani Sunera