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Looking at examples across anti-racist movements and developments in nationhood/nationalism, institutional racism, migration, white supremacy and the disparities of COVID-19, Nasar Meer argues for the need to move on from perpetual crisis in racial justice to a turning point that might change deep-seated systems of racism.

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1. The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice 2. Reimagining Nationhood? 3. Equality, Inequalities and Institutional Racism 4. The Racial Realities of COVID-19 5. (De-)racialising Refuge 6. Whiteness and the Wreckage of Racialisation 7. Rethinking the Future: Affect, Orders and Systems

The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 22/03/2022
      ISBN13: 9781447363026, 978-1447363026
      ISBN10: 1447363027
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Looking at examples across anti-racist movements and developments in nationhood/nationalism, institutional racism, migration, white supremacy and the disparities of COVID-19, Nasar Meer argues for the need to move on from perpetual crisis in racial justice to a turning point that might change deep-seated systems of racism.

      Table of Contents
      1. The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice 2. Reimagining Nationhood? 3. Equality, Inequalities and Institutional Racism 4. The Racial Realities of COVID-19 5. (De-)racialising Refuge 6. Whiteness and the Wreckage of Racialisation 7. Rethinking the Future: Affect, Orders and Systems

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