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This book critiques current antiracist ideology in rhetoric and composition, arguing that it inadvertently promotes a deficit-model of empowerment for both students and scholars and a primacy of identity that values lived experience over critical thinking.

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Introduction: Something “More Than a Negro” Chapter 1: The Primacy of Identity: Prefiguration, The Sacred Victim, and the Semblance of Empowerment Chapter 2: So What is Empowerment? Chapter 3: Disempowerment and Code-meshing Pedagogy Chapter 4: The “Soft Bigotry” of Antiracist Pedagogy: Victims, Tricksters, and Protectors Conclusion: Getting Over Ourselves and Centering Empowerment Epilogue: Am I Overreacting?

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: 1/15/2019 12:12:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781498590402, 978-1498590402
      ISBN10: 1498590403

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book critiques current antiracist ideology in rhetoric and composition, arguing that it inadvertently promotes a deficit-model of empowerment for both students and scholars and a primacy of identity that values lived experience over critical thinking.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Something “More Than a Negro” Chapter 1: The Primacy of Identity: Prefiguration, The Sacred Victim, and the Semblance of Empowerment Chapter 2: So What is Empowerment? Chapter 3: Disempowerment and Code-meshing Pedagogy Chapter 4: The “Soft Bigotry” of Antiracist Pedagogy: Victims, Tricksters, and Protectors Conclusion: Getting Over Ourselves and Centering Empowerment Epilogue: Am I Overreacting?

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