Dismantling Race in Higher Education: Racism, Whiteness and Decolonising the Academy

by Jason Arday (Editor), Heidi Safia Mirza (Editor)

This book reveals the roots of structural racism that limit social mobility and equality within Britain for Black and ethnicised students and academics in its inherently white Higher Education institutions. It brings together both established and emerging scholars in the fields of Race and Education to explore what institutional racism in British Higher Education looks like in colour-blind 'post-race' times, when racism is deemed to be ‘off the political agenda’. Keeping pace with our rapidly changing global universities, this edited collection asks difficult and challenging questions, including why black academics leave the system; why the curriculum is still white; how elite universities reproduce race privilege; and how Black, Muslim and Gypsy traveller students are disadvantaged and excluded.
The book also discusses why British racial equality legislation has failed to address racism, and explores what the Black student movement is doing about this. As the authors powerfully argue, it is only by dismantling the invisible architecture of post-colonial white privilege that the 21st century struggle for a truly decolonised academy can begin. This collection will be essential reading for students and academics working in the fields of Education, Sociology, and Race.

Genres: Race

425 pages, Paperback

Published September 19, 2018

Reviews

[Adriana Salazar Méndez · Rating 5 out of 5]

An eye opener. Arguments substantiated by evidence written by the top researchers in the field. Fascinating read that shows us how far we have come and yet how far we still have to go. Inspiring to spring us into action.