Dismantling Racism, One Relationship at a Time

Dismantling Racism: One Relationship at a Time challenges readers to think critically about racism and its impact on themselves and others in complex and nuanced ways. It illustrates the interconnection between racist ideologies and interracial relationships, and provides a roadmap for identifying ways to help eradicate racism in all spaces we occupy.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 184 pages
Publication date: 15 November 2023
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Dismantling Racism: One Relationship at a Time is a thought-provoking book that inspires and challenges readers to critically examine racism and its profound impact on individuals and society. Through an inverted approach to racism, Tina M. Harris highlights the interconnectedness between racist ideologies and interracial relationships. By using interracial romantic relationships as an example, the book illustrates how societal attitudes shape these relationships and expose the true attitudes about race that both individuals and societies hold. The theory also demonstrates how our interpersonal connections are a testament to racial socialization processes and how we navigate and manage our interracial interactions and relationships.

The book celebrates the power of interracial communication to dismantle systemic oppression and provides essential vocabulary for both societal misconceptions and transformative practices of interpersonal conversation. It culminates in the racial intentionality roadmap (RaIR), a self-reflexive guide that empowers readers to identify ways to eradicate racism in all the spaces they occupy. Ultimately, Dismantling Racism challenges readers to cultivate authentic, organic interracial relationships that lead to changes in systems that perpetuate racial division.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538186909