The problem of political blackness
Lessons from the Black Supplementary School Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2147151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Andrews (0000-0003-0982-3786, ,, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2060-2078 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2015.1131314 |
| OpenAlex | W2289079511 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 40 |
The Black Supplementary School Movement has a fifty-year tradition of resisting racism in Britain. Central to the movement is a construction of African Diasporic Blackness that is marginalized in British scholarship. 'Political blackness', based on the unity ethnic minority groups, is an important frame of reference in Britain. This article will examine the limitations of 'political blackness' in relation to research carried out in the Black Supplementary School Movement that involved interviews with key activists and an archival analysis of documents at the George Padmore Institute. Political blackness is based on an inaccurate understanding of the relationship between multiculturalism and anti-racism; a misreading of the complex and global nature of racism and a non-strategic essentialism. The concept also creates a form non-whiteism, which disempowers ethnic minority communities and works to delegitimize African Diasporic Blackness, which has a tradition of resisting racist oppression. (c) 2016 Taylor & Francis
Anti-racism · Essentialism · Ethnic group · Multiculturalism · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Racism · Scholarship · Sociology · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Race, History, and American Society
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| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |