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Book SynopsisA historical narrative and critical analysis of higher education centred on the experiences of Black students and faculty at McGill University.
Trade Review"Black Racialization and Resistance at an Elite University is an important scholarly contribution to educational history broadly and more specifically in its documentation of Black experiences in Canadian universities. It is a welcomed intervention in the institutional histories of the Canadian academy that is often whitewashed and actively erases the presence and activism of Black students, faculty, and community members." -- Natasha Henry * Historical Studies in Education, Vol. 33, No. 1 *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Prelude Finding a Conversation "Becoming" an Activist 1. Introduction: The University as a Site of Struggle Settler Colonialism and Education: A Brief Overview The Canadian University Whose University? The 1960s Black Educational Activism and Black (Canadian) Studies Neoliberalism and the University On Critical Race Counter-Storytelling 2. Colonial Legacies and Canadian Ivy Meeting James McGill Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Economy The University and its Sponsors McGill Lineage 3. Trying to Keep Canada White and the Power to Write History McGill and the Modernization of Québec Anticolonial Resistance and Black Power Toward a New Millennium Conclusion: On a Critical Engagement with History 4. The Idealized Elite University Class and Class-Minded-ness "The McGill Bubble": A "Sea of Whiteness" White Hallways by Cora-Lee Conway The professoriate On Mentorship and Academic "Expertise" The Power of the Prof Conclusion: Expectations Meet Experience 5. Being and Becoming Black A Word on Whiteness Socialization in a Culture of Whiteness "I didn’t know I was Black" Black Canadian "identity problems" Managing Interlocking Stereotype Threats Construction Work Black as in Radical, Radical as in Rooted Community and Communing Conclusion: Navigating and Resisting Racialization and Colonial Ideology 6. Serving Up Resistance "Diversity & equity" work Hiring committees The Africana Studies Committee Mapping Power and Informed Decision Making Conclusion Bibliography
