The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice
1st Edition
Published on 22. March 2022
198 pages
978-1-4473-6303-3 (ISBN)
Description
What can we learn from successes and failures in the pursuit of racial justice in the UK and elsewhere in the Global North?
A dominant view of racial justice has long been linked to a 'cruel optimism' which normalises social and political outcomes that sustain racial injustice, despite successive governments wielding the means to address it. Researchers, activists and minoritised groups continually identify the drivers of these outcomes, but have grown accustomed to persevering despite strong resistance to change.
Looking at numerous examples across anti-racist movements and key developments in nationhood/nationalism, institutional racism, migration, white supremacy and the disparities of COVID-19, Nasar Meer argues for the need to move on from perpetual crisis in racial justice to a turning point that might herald a change to deep-seated systems of racism.
A dominant view of racial justice has long been linked to a 'cruel optimism' which normalises social and political outcomes that sustain racial injustice, despite successive governments wielding the means to address it. Researchers, activists and minoritised groups continually identify the drivers of these outcomes, but have grown accustomed to persevering despite strong resistance to change.
Looking at numerous examples across anti-racist movements and key developments in nationhood/nationalism, institutional racism, migration, white supremacy and the disparities of COVID-19, Nasar Meer argues for the need to move on from perpetual crisis in racial justice to a turning point that might herald a change to deep-seated systems of racism.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Illustrations
Not illustrated
File size
1,71 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-6303-3 (9781447363033)
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Person
Nasar Meer is Professor of Race, Identity and Citizenship in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, UK
Content
1. The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice
2. Reimagining Nationhood?
3. Equality, Inequalities and Institutional Racism
4. The Racial Realities of COVID-19
5. (De-)racialising Refuge
6. Whiteness and the Wreckage of Racialisation
7. Rethinking the Future: Affect, Orders and Systems
2. Reimagining Nationhood?
3. Equality, Inequalities and Institutional Racism
4. The Racial Realities of COVID-19
5. (De-)racialising Refuge
6. Whiteness and the Wreckage of Racialisation
7. Rethinking the Future: Affect, Orders and Systems
