Critical Race Studies Across Disciplines

Resisting Racism through Scholactivism

Jonathan Chism, Stacie Craft DeFreitas, Vida Robertson, David Ryden

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781978753402
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: African American History
• Index: Social Sciences

This book argues that critical race theory (CRT)—which originated within Legal Studies during the 1970s—has permeated multiple academic disciplines and informs the ethical commitments of scholars in diverse fields of study. Critical Race Studies Across Disciplines includes essays by scholars of African American studies from various disciplines, who directly and indirectly incorporate CRT through signaling a commitment to scholar-activism or scholactivism. Scholactivists hope to understand the roots of anti-Black racism and to actively oppose all forms of oppression. Drawing on CRT, the volume counters the colorblind rhetoric of those who dismiss the notion of systemic racism, discount racial inequities, and disregard racial justice advocates as malcontents fanning the flames of racial dissension. The contributors of this collection challenge racism centering the stories, perspectives, and counter-narratives of African American soldiers, teachers, students, writers, psychologists, and theologians who continually defy and resist oppression in myriad ways.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Critical Race Studies Across Disciplines
• Critical Race Studies Across Disciplines: Resisting Racism through Scholactivism
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I African American History
• Introduction
• Chapter 1
• “I Wuz Like a Petty Dog”
• Chapter 2
• Slave to Soldier
• Chapter 3
• Fighting on Two Fronts
• Part II African Americans and Education
• Introduction
• Chapter 4
• “Getcha Lesson”
• Chapter 5
• “Good” Pedagogy
• Chapter 6
• Surviving the Wild West
• Part III African American Literary and Cultural Studies
• Introduction
• Chapter 7
• Rememory and Toni Morrison’s Beloved
• Chapter 8
• The Unscripted Script of Black YouTube (BYT)
• Chapter 9
• HIV/AIDS, Sexualized Anti-Blackness, and Bodily Geographies of Struggle
• Part IV African American Psychology and African American Religion
• Introduction
• Chapter 10
• The State of Black Mental Health
• Chapter 11
• The True Measure of American Greatness
• Appendix
• Index
• About the Editors and Contributors