Making black lives matter in academia : a Black feminist call for collective action against anti-blackness in the academy

dc.contributor.authorBell, Myrtle P.
dc.contributor.authorBerry, Daphne
dc.contributor.authorLeopold, Joy
dc.contributor.authorNkomo, Stella M., 1947-
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-20T09:47:18Z
dc.date.issued2021-01
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en_US
dc.description.departmentHuman Resource Managementen_US
dc.description.embargo2022-09-26
dc.description.librarianhj2022en_US
dc.description.urihttp://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/gwaoen_US
dc.identifier.citationBell, 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.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0968-6673 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1468-0432 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1111/gwao.12555
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85604
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rights© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : 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, 2021. DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12555. The definite version is available at : http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/gwao.en_US
dc.subjectAlliesen_US
dc.subjectAnti-blacknessen_US
dc.subjectBlack lives matteren_US
dc.subjectDiscriminationen_US
dc.subjectSocial movementsen_US
dc.titleMaking black lives matter in academia : a Black feminist call for collective action against anti-blackness in the academyen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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