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Ndangwa Noyoo was Head of the Department of Social Development at UCT from 2018-2020.
This book exposes corruption and malpractices at UCT, which the author witnessed during his tenure as HoD there, before he was ousted by a group of lecturers in his department. The former had been aided and abetted by senior administrators at the faculty level.
It is a personal account that is evidence-based, as the claims the author makes in the book are documented in various reports, communications and eye-witness accounts that span a period of five and a half years.
'A powerful, salient and gracefully written study of the corrosive
dynamics of race in Britain from a trusted voice on the subject. We
can all benefit from reading it' Diana Evans In this transformative
book, Nicola Rollock, one of our pre-eminent experts on racial
justice, offers a vital exploration of the lived experience of
racism Miles, a successful lawyer, is mistaken for the waiter at a
networking event. Femi is on the verge of breakdown having been
consistently overlooked for promotion at her university. Nigel's
emails, repeatedly expressing concern about his employer's
forthcoming slavery exhibition, are ignored. Carol knows she can't
let herself relax at the work Christmas party... This is racism. It
is not about the overt acts of random people at the fringes of
society. It's about the everyday. It's the loaded silence, the
throwaway remark, the casual comment or a 'joke' in the workplace.
It's everything. The Racial Code is an unprecedented examination of
the hidden rules of race and racism that govern our lives and how
they maintain the status quo. Interweaving narrative with research
and theory, acclaimed expert Nicola Rollock uniquely lays bare the
pain and cost of navigating everyday racism -- and compels us to
reconsider how to truly achieve racial justice.
Scholarly research and depictions within popular culture present
black males largely on the basis of their being caricatures-
entities that extend not far beyond stereotypical celluloid,
televised explanations, print articles, and selective hip-hop
commentary. Even within institutions and among individuals that are
assumed to have the best interest of the black male at center,
there is often an inability to consider them past a faux orbit of
one-dimensionality. Balance is unique in that it approaches Black
males from a well-rooted personality perspective within context and
utilizes discourse analysis in attempts at advancing identity
theory.
A raw, moving and uplifting memoir about courage, resilience and
the transformative power of love, from one of Australia's most
captivating personalities 'Powerful, heartbreaking and beautiful
... a story of incredible triumph fuelled by love and compassion'
Osher Gunsberg 'Brooke Blurton is an icon for people of all
generations and backgrounds. I love seeing her star shine.'
Clementine Ford My story is about the one thing that I never went
without. Love. Big love, that filled me up and made me feel like
there was a future for me. The kind of love that's unconditional,
and that lasts across time and space ... From the moment Brooke
Blurton appeared on Australian television, she dazzled audiences
with her authenticity, self-knowledge, generosity and honesty. As a
proud young Noongar-Yamatji woman, Brooke's connection to her
culture and country is deep, and as an openly queer woman, she
knows that love is simply love. Most of all Brooke knows the
importance of family, and the uplifting power of unconditional
connection. But behind the public persona Brooke presents to the
world is a story of epic proportions and awe-inspiring resilience -
she had to grow up fast from a very young age, surviving an
extremely challenging childhood and youth, and overcoming the
shocking legacy of intergenerational trauma, abuse and
homelessness. She's also had to defy labels and perceptions about
who she is, and her worth, all her life. But through it all, Brooke
didn't just survive, she found her voice and thrived, and in this
raw, heartbreaking, often funny and ultimately life-affirming
memoir, Brooke lays her journey bare about how she refused to allow
the past to define her and reclaimed her own identity - and
realised the power of love, for herself, for her family, and her
community.
In December 2018, the United States Senate unanimously passed the
nation's first antilynching act, the Justice for Victims of
Lynching Act. For the first time in US history, legislators,
representing the American people, classified lynching as a federal
hate crime. While lynching histories and memories have received
attention among communication scholars and some interdisciplinary
studies of traditional civil rights memorials exist, contemporary
studies often fail to examine the politicized nature of the spaces.
This volume represents the first investigation of the National
Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum, both of which
strategically make clear the various links between America's
history of racial terror and contemporary mass incarceration
conditions, the mistreatment of juveniles, and capital punishment.
Racial Terrorism: A Rhetorical Investigation of Lynching focuses on
several key social agents and organizations that played vital roles
in the public and legal consciousness raising that finally led to
the passage of the act. Marouf A. Hasian Jr. and Nicholas S.
Paliewicz argue that the advocacy of attorney Bryan Stevenson, the
work of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), and the efforts of
curators at Montgomery's new Legacy Museum all contributed to the
formation of a rhetorical culture that set the stage at last for
this hallmark lynching legislation. The authors examine how the EJI
uses spaces of remembrance to confront audiences with
race-conscious messages and measure to what extent those messages
are successful.
Austerity as Public Mood explores how politicians and the media
mobilise nostalgic and socially conservative ideas of work and
community in order to justify cuts to public services and create
divisions between the deserving and undeserving. It examines the
powerful appeal of these concepts as part of a wider public mood
marked by guilt, nostalgia and resentment - particularly around the
inequalities produced by global capitalism and changes to the
nature of work. In doing so, the book engages with urgent questions
about the contemporary political climate. Focusing on the UK, it
challenges accounts of neoliberalism which frame it as primarily an
individualising force and localist definitions of community as
mitigating its damaging effects. Finally, it explores how
resistance to austerity can challenge these tendencies by offering
a politics of solidarity and hope, and a forum for experimentation
with alternative forms of collectivity.
This unique book explores a very broad range of ideas and
institutions and provides case studies and best practices in the
context of broader theoretical analysis. The impact global
multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and IMF have on
development is hotly debated, but few doubt their power and
influence. Therefore, the main aim of this book is to examine the
concepts that have powerfully influenced development policy and,
more broadly, look at the role of ideas in these institutions and
how they have affected current development discourse. With the aim,
the objectives, therefore, to enhance the understanding of how the
ideas travel within the systems and how they are translated into
policy, modified, distorted, or resisted. It is not about creating
something fundamentally new, nor is it about completely
transcending the efforts of these global institutions. Rather, it
is about creating effective global institutions at a global level,
that can aid in social and economic development globally. The
scholarly value of the proposed publication is self-evident because
of the increase in the emphasis placed on global institutions and
the role they play for corporate governance, innovation, and
sustainability globally and it is going to be more crucial
post-pandemic when the economies restart and more so in emerging
economies. Moreover, there is a dire need for understanding
comprehensively the complexity in the process of how these global
institutions work multi-laterally.
Sustainable Work in Europe brings together a strong core of Swedish
working life research, with additional contributions from across
Europe, and discussion of current issues such as digitalisation,
climate change and the Covid pandemic. It bridges gaps between
social science and medicine, and adds emphasis on age and gender.
The book links workplace practice, theory and policy, and is
intended to provide the basis for ongoing debate and dialogue.
In 2001, Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic published their
definitive Critical Race Theory, a compact introduction to the
field that explained, in straightforward language, the origins,
principal themes, leading voices, and new directions of this
important movement in legal thought. Since then, critical race
theory has gone on to influence numerous other fields of
scholarship, and the Delgado and Stefancic primer has remained an
indispensible guide for students and teachers. Delgado and
Stefancic have revised the book to include material on key issues
such as colorblind jurisprudence, Latino-Critical scholarship,
immigration, and the rollback of affirmative action. This second
edition introduces readers to important new voices in fields
outside of law, including education and psychology, and offers
greatly expanded issues for discussion, updated reading lists, and
an extensive glossary of terms.
In a compelling blend of personal narrative and in-depth reporting, New York magazine senior writer Sarah Jones exposes the harsh reality of America’s racial and income inequality and the devastating impact of the pandemic on their nation’s most vulnerable people.
In the tradition of Matthew Desmond’s Evicted and Andrea Elliot’s Invisible Child, Disposable is a poignant exploration of America’s underclass, left vulnerable by systemic racism and capitalism. Here, Sarah Jones delves into the lives of the essential workers, seniors, and people with disabilities who were disproportionately affected by COVID-19—not due to their age or profession, but because of the systemic inequality and poverty that left them exposed.
The pandemic served as a stark revelation of the true state of America, a country where the dream of prosperity is a distant mirage for millions. Jones argues that the pandemic didn’t create these dynamics, but rather revealed the existing social mobility issues and wealth gap that have long plagued the nation. Behind the staggering death toll are stories of lives lost, injustices suffered, and institutions that failed to protect their people.
Jones brings these stories to the forefront, transforming the abstract concept of the pandemic into a deeply personal and political phenomenon. She argues that America has abandoned a sacrificial underclass of millions but insists that another future is possible. By addressing the pervasive issues of racial justice and public policy, Jones calls for a future where no one is seen as disposable again.
Conversations with Will D. Campbell is the first collection of
interviews with the southern preacher, activist, and author best
known for his involvement with the civil rights movement. Ranging
from a 1971 discussion about religion and ending with a previously
unpublished interview conducted in 2009, these twelve interviews
give insight to Campbell's unique religious beliefs and highlight
pivotal moments of his career. Will D. Campbell (1924-2013) was
born poor in rural Mississippi and became an ordained minister when
he was barely seventeen years old. After serving in the Army during
World War II, Campbell ministered in a variety of positions,
including a pastorate in Louisiana, as religious director at the
University of Mississippi, and as a race relations consultant for
the National Council of Churches. Along the way, Campbell worked
with civil rights figures, Klansmen, Black Panthers, and country
music icons, believing all were equal in the eyes of God.
Throughout his career, Campbell drew attention for criticizing the
institutional churches and supporting women's rights, gay rights,
and school desegregation. From 1962 through 2012, Campbell
published over fifteen books including novels, biographies, and
memoirs. His first book, Race and the Renewal of the Church,
introduced his theories of reconciliation and the failures of
institutional churches. His best-known work, Brother to a
Dragonfly, was a National Book Award finalist.
In 1890, Mississippi called a convention to rewrite its
constitution. That convention became the singular event that marked
the state's transition from the nineteenth century to the twentieth
and set the path for the state for decades to come. The primary
purpose of the convention was to disfranchise African American
voters as well as some poor whites. The result was a document that
transformed the state for the next century. In Sowing the Wind,
Dorothy Overstreet Pratt traces the decision to call that
convention, examines the delegates' decisions,and analyzes the
impact of their new constitution. Pratt argues the constitution
produced a new social structure, which pivoted the state's culture
from a class-based system to one centered upon race. Though state
leaders had not anticipated this change, they were savvy in their
manipulation of the issues. The new constitution effectively filled
the goal of disfranchisement. Moreover, unlike the constitutions of
many other southern states, it held up against attack for over
seventy years. It also hindered the state socially and economically
well into the twentieth century.
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