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Black Scholarly Activism between the Academy and Grassroots

A Bridge for Identities and Social Justice

Authors:

  1. Ornette D. Clennon

    1. Critical Race and Ethnicity Research Cluster, Community Wellbeing Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

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  • 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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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. PDF

  3. Whiteness and My Twelve Labours….

    • Ornette D. Clennon
    Pages 21-50
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  4. PDF
  5. PDF
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  8. Back Matter

    Pages 151-153
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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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Keywords

  • Education and race
  • Black Scholarly Activism
  • Black Lives Matter
  • Education and Grassroots movements
  • Racism in education
  • ethnicity in education
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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)


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Authors and Affiliations

  • Critical Race and Ethnicity Research Cluster, Community Wellbeing Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK

    Ornette D. Clennon

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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.


          
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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: Sociology of Education, Educational Policy and Politics

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