Making black lives matter in academia : a Black feminist call for collective action against anti-blackness in the academy
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Bell, Myrtle P.
Berry, Daphne
Leopold, Joy
Nkomo, Stella M., 1947-
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Wiley
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In this article, as have many Black women scholars in the past, we again call for collective action against anti-blackness and White supremacy in the academy. Drawing from black feminist theory, we discuss the long history of Black women academics' activism against anti-black racism and introduce the current movement: Black Lives Matter (BLM). Although BLM is often construed as resisting anti-black violence outside the academy, it is also relevant for within the academy wherein anti-blackness is likely to be manifested as disdain, disregard, and disgust for Black faculty and students. We discuss some of the ways in which anti-blackness and liberal White supremacy are manifested in the lives of Black faculty and students, and propose that non-Black allies have key roles to play in resisting them. Like second-hand cigarette smoke that harms everyone in proximity, anti-blackness and White supremacy harm us all, and a shared movement is needed to dismantle them.
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Allies, Anti-blackness, Black lives matter, Discrimination, Social movements
Sustainable Development Goals
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Bell, M. P., Berry, D., Leopold, J., & Nkomo, S. M. (2021). Making Black lives matter in academia: A Black feminist call for collective action against anti-blackness in the academy. Gender, Work and Organization, vol. 28, no. S1, pp. 39-57. DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12555.