Blackness Interrupted

Blackness Interrupted

Author: Nicól Osborne

Publisher:

Published: 2021-06-19

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780578887050

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It is no secret that the many accomplishments of African Americans in the field of Psychology have not been spotlighted as it should. The term "Multicultural Counseling '' has recently immersed in the counseling field to help address issues of the varying differences of different groups in therapy, as it relates to the client's age, race, ethnicity, social economic status, disability, sexual orientation, indigenous heritage, national origin and gender. The term "Black Psychology" has been coined before multicultural counseling and directly pertains to the Black experience living in America, as this key concept has been absent from studies. Every treatment model has been based on the worldview on the dominant white culture. Blackness Interrupted: Black Psychology Matters focuses on highlighting noteworthy Psychologists and Psychiatrists, who have contributed to the field immensely by breaking great barriers at the time. Additionally, topics such as how to choose a mental health provider, the history of assessments as it relates to African Americans and the lack of acknowledgement within educational institutions amongst other notions are heavily discussed.


White Fragility

White Fragility

Author: Dr. Robin DiAngelo

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 2018-06-26

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0807047422

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The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ‘bad people’ (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.


Whiteness Interrupted

Whiteness Interrupted

Author: Marcus Bell

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2021-06-28

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1478021934

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In Whiteness Interrupted Marcus Bell presents a revealing portrait of white teachers in majority-black schools in which he examines the limitations of understandings of how white racial identity is formed. Through in-depth interviews with dozens of white teachers from a racially segregated, urban school district in Upstate New York, Bell outlines how whiteness is constructed based on localized interactions and takes a different form in predominantly black spaces. He finds that in response to racial stress in a difficult teaching environment, white teachers conceptualized whiteness as a stigmatized category predicated on white victimization. When discussing race outside majority-black spaces, Bell's subjects characterized American society as postracial, in which race seldom affects outcomes. Conversely, in discussing their experiences within predominantly black spaces, they rejected the idea of white privilege, often angrily, and instead focused on what they saw as the racial privilege of blackness. Throughout, Bell underscores the significance of white victimization narratives in black spaces and their repercussions as the United States becomes a majority-minority society.


Undrowned

Undrowned

Author: Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Publisher: AK Press

Published: 2020-11-17

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1849353980

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Undrowned is a book-length meditation for social movements and our whole species based on the subversive and transformative guidance of marine mammals. Our aquatic cousins are queer, fierce, protective of each other, complex, shaped by conflict, and struggling to survive the extractive and militarized conditions our species has imposed on the ocean. Gumbs employs a brilliant mix of poetic sensibility and naturalist observation to show what they might teach us, producing not a specific agenda but an unfolding space for wondering and questioning. From the relationship between the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale and Gumbs’s Shinnecock and enslaved ancestors to the ways echolocation changes our understandings of “vision” and visionary action, this is a masterful use of metaphor and natural models in the service of social justice.


Black Again

Black Again

Author: LaTonya Summers

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2023-09-21

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1839973196

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"I was driven by the belief that if I wanted to go somewhere I'd need to be something other than Black." LaTonya Summers was only six years old the first time she unconsciously tried to be "more white". Recollecting experiences from her childhood in foster care through to her life today as an Assistant Professor and mother, LaTonya examines how her perception of self was affected by internalized racism and led her to adopt white norms - influencing everything from her music and clothing choices to her speech and values. Join LaTonya in her journey of realization - how all those years assimilating, stretching and pressing for whiteness harmed her, and how, in a world that sees her as Black, it's about time she did too. Discover how LaTonya has truly "made it" by embracing and endorsing the Afrocentric norms and values that have sustained her and her family better than any white picket fence ever could.


Critique of Black Reason

Critique of Black Reason

Author: Achille Mbembe

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0822373238

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In Critique of Black Reason eminent critic Achille Mbembe offers a capacious genealogy of the category of Blackness—from the Atlantic slave trade to the present—to critically reevaluate history, racism, and the future of humanity. Mbembe teases out the intellectual consequences of the reality that Europe is no longer the world's center of gravity while mapping the relations among colonialism, slavery, and contemporary financial and extractive capital. Tracing the conjunction of Blackness with the biological fiction of race, he theorizes Black reason as the collection of discourses and practices that equated Blackness with the nonhuman in order to uphold forms of oppression. Mbembe powerfully argues that this equation of Blackness with the nonhuman will serve as the template for all new forms of exclusion. With Critique of Black Reason, Mbembe offers nothing less than a map of the world as it has been constituted through colonialism and racial thinking while providing the first glimpses of a more just future.


Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Author: Reni Eddo-Lodge

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-11-12

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1526633922

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'Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent. This book is an attempt to speak' The book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is the essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race relations in Britain today. THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION NARRATIVE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR A BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD


The Brightest Embers

The Brightest Embers

Author: Jeaniene Frost

Publisher: HQN Books

Published: 2019-05-13

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1488052913

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From a New York Times–bestselling author, a demon fighter battles supernatural forces with the help of a strong ally in this paranormal romantic thriller. Ivy thought that she and Adrian had conquered their fates. Yet with thousands of innocents still trapped in the demon realms, she’s determined to locate the final hallowed weapon and harness its unparalleled power to free them. But the last relic nearly put Ivy in the grave—there’s probably no coming back from this one. Adrian’s dark lineage has made him the most powerful of his kind, yet even his incredible abilities might not be enough now. Instead, the treacherous fate he has fought so hard to escape might be the only way he can save Ivy. Their undeniable bond has been tested before, but never with so much on the line. Now fate will come head-to-head against true love, and nothing they’ve endured can prepare Ivy and Adrian for the unthinkable choices they’ll face . . . Brightest Embers is the captivating conclusion to Jeaniene Frost’s Broken Destiny series! Praise for The Beautiful Ashes, book one of the Broken Destiny series: “A pure stunner . . . Frost skillfully balances passion and peril in an attention-grabbing story that's exciting from the first page.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) “Jeaniene Frost brings her signature wit, sizzle and extraordinary imagination to this epic new series.” —Jennifer L. Armentrout, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Blood and Ash series “Fans of the Twilight books and other paranormal romances will eat this one up.” —School Library Journal


The Book in the Loft

The Book in the Loft

Author: Neil L. Hawkins

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2013-04-19

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1481739743

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The Book in the Loft is the first in a sci-fi/fantasy series. The story involves the discovery of an incredible book, the powers of which allow the hero to travel from Earth to any of a hundred different worlds.But only one holds his interest, as it is to that world he must travel to find his grandfather, who mysteriously disappeared. Arriving through time and space, he is told by five beings he must fulfill a missionabout which he supposedly agreed to on Earth, but in fact knows nothing aboutto end the darkness he will find himself in. He is not alone in his quest that takes him into battles in space and on alien planets. But to succeed, and to obtain the love he desperately seeks, he must travel back and forth through the powers of the book, not knowing if time will be his staunch ally or his bitter enemy.