Making black lives matter in academia : a Black feminist call for collective action against anti-blackness in the academy
dc.contributor.author | Bell, Myrtle P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Berry, Daphne | |
dc.contributor.author | Leopold, Joy | |
dc.contributor.author | Nkomo, Stella M., 1947- | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-20T09:47:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Human Resource Management | en_US |
dc.description.embargo | 2022-09-26 | |
dc.description.librarian | hj2022 | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/gwao | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | 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. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0968-6673 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1468-0432 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1111/gwao.12555 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85604 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_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.subject | Allies | en_US |
dc.subject | Anti-blackness | en_US |
dc.subject | Black lives matter | en_US |
dc.subject | Discrimination | en_US |
dc.subject | Social movements | en_US |
dc.title | Making black lives matter in academia : a Black feminist call for collective action against anti-blackness in the academy | en_US |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_US |