Description
Book SynopsisSophisticated Racism: Understanding and Managing the Complexity of Everyday Racism adopts a fresh approach to the study of racism. Victoria Showunmi and Carol Tomlin identify the prevalence of sophisticated racism. They explore sophisticated and everyday racism and how it manifests itself in society, particularly in the workplace. Each chapter is self-contained yet relates to the whole book so the reader can focus on a particular area of interest.
The authors narrate examples of everyday racism from the lived experiences of Black women. They take the reader on a compelling journey from the sources of racism through narratives of disquieting racist events to the destination of affirming approaches to preserving a sense of self and individual identity in the face of sophisticated racism.
An analysis of the interplay between Black women and White women is integral to the book. The authors explain how this originates in historical patterns of behavior which emerged on the
Table of Contents
Front Piece: The Black Swan
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: Race and Racism(s)
Chapter Two: The Tangled Web of Blackness, Identity and Race
Chapter Three: Sophisticated and Everyday Racism: What does it look like?
Chapter Four: The Language Style of Black Women and its Implications for Education and Work
Chapter Five: Challenges Hindering the Success of Some Black Women: Education, Parenting and the Labour Market
Chapter Six: Suffering in silence: Black British Young Women and their Well-Being
Chapter Seven: Black women reflecting on being Black in the academy
Chapter Eight: Flip the Script and Change the Narrative
Chapter Nine: Conclusion
References
About the Authors
