A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment

Smith, Erec

ISBN 10: 149859042X / ISBN 13: 9781498590426

Published by LEX, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment
• Publisher: LEX
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 149859042X
• ISBN 13: 9781498590426
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment critiques current antiracist ideology in rhetoric and composition, arguing that it inadvertently promotes a deficit-model of empowerment for both students and scholars. Erec Smith claims that empowerment theory―which promotes individual, communal, and strategic efficacy―is missing from most antiracist initiatives, which instead often abide by what Smith refers to as a "primacy of identity”: an over-reliance on identity, particularly a victimized identity, to establish ethos. Scholars of rhetoric, composition, communication, and critical race theory will find this book particularly useful.

About the Author

Erec Smith is associate professor of rhetoric and composition at York College of Pennsylvania.