'Towards a Grammar of Race' - Pounamu Jade Aikman, Tze Ming Mok & Faisal Al-Asaad (BWB Talks)

A search for new ways to talk about race in Aotearoa New Zealand brought together this powerful group of scholars, writers and activists. For these authors, attempts to confront racism and racial violence often stall against a failure to see how power works through race, across our modern social worlds. The result is a country where racism is all too often left unnamed and unchecked, voices are erased, the colonial past ignored and silence passes for understanding.
By 'bringing what is unspoken into focus', 'Towards a Grammar of Race' seeks to articulate and confront ideas of race in Aotearoa New Zealand - an exploration that includes racial capitalism, colonialism, white supremacy, and anti-Blackness. A recurring theme across the book is the inescapable entanglement of local and global manifestations of race.
'Towards a Grammar of Race' is discussed here by contributing authors Pounamu Jade Aikman, Tze Ming Mok & Faisal Al-Asaad.
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