Communities of Activism by Jan Etienne
How can black women academics improve the lives of young people in their community? Jan Etienne and her colleagues explore the ways they can intervene in two persistent and severe problems - the escalating knife crime that costs ever more young lives, and the disproportionately low academic attainment of black students compared with their white peers. Studies of students in the African diaspora and in South Africa cast light on the effects on UK schools, universities and society of Whiteness, discrimination and the colonial curriculum. The authors cast their net wide to indicate how women's activism across generations can support black youth to resist the pressure of racism.- Women of all ages are involved in this book - teachers, actors, lyricists, activists - from a wide range of disciplines and readers' perspectives are widened by Drill music and by a young activist's view of gender issues in post-apartheid South Africa.
- A thread runs through this eye-opening book: the impact of Whiteness on black learners.
Etienne, Jan: -
Dr. Jan Etienne is Associate Lecturer in Social Policyand Education at Birkbeck, University of London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781858569000 |
| ISBN 10 | 1858569001 |
| Title | Communities of Activism |
| Author | Jan Etienne |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Institute of Education Press |
| Year published | 2020-07-15 |
| Number of pages | 186 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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