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Racism in the University

Week 1

Racism in the University

Moderated by Valentina Davila

Required readings

Nelson, Charmaine A. “Introduction.” In Ebony Roots, Northern Soil: Perspectives onBlackness in Canada, edited by Nelson, 1-20. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010.

Davis, Angela. “Angela Davis: An Interview on the Futures of Black Radicalism.” Excerptfrom Futures of Black Radicalism ed. Gaye Theresa Johnson and Alex Lubin. Verso: 2017.

Davis, Angela. “Angela Davis on Abolition, Calls to Defund Police, Toppled Racist Statues& Voting in 2020 Election.” Interview by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now,June 12, 2020.

Ahmed, Sara. "Introduction." In.Duke UniversityPress, 2012.

Moriah, Kristin Leigh. "How anti-Black racism on Canadian university campuses robs us all.” The Conversation, July 2, 2020.

Further readings Professor Charmaine Nelson’s

Nelson, Charmaine A. . Routledge, 2016. In Chapter 2, “A Tale of Two Empires: Montreal slavery under the French and the British,” pages 86-92 are on James 91˿Ƶ’s slaves.

Ahmed, Sara. “Institutional Whiteness,” and “Institutional Racism,” In,33-50.Duke University Press, 2012.

hooks, bell. . Routledge, 1994. “Engaged Pedagogy,” p. 13-22.

Davis, Angela. . Chicago, Illinois: Haymarket Books, 2016.

Decolonizing the university & Decolonizing the curriculum

Jansen, Jonathan D., ed. . Johannesburg:Wits University Press, 2019.

Bhambra, Gurminder K.; Gebrial, Dalia; Nişancioğlu, Kerem; eds. . Pluto,2018.

“Decolonization” Concordia University CTL webpage. “Tips for decolonizing your pedagogy.”

On race and the university in North America,contemporary and historicalperspectives

Henry, Frances; James, Carl; Li, Peter S; Kobayashi, Audrey; et al. eds. . UBS Press, 2017.

Wilder, Craig Steven. . Bloomsbury, 2014.

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