Whiteness, Racial Trauma, and the University

Keval's book is essential reading for all in HE, exploring the damaging paradoxes at play in HE and teasing, instructing, and enlightening the readers all at once. Universities have adopted new roles as 'anti-racist and 'decolonial beacons of hope, but this book unravels how such liberal progressive 'acts hide a much deeper racialised logic of whiteness-framed structural narcissism, producing insidiously powerful and difficult to trace forms of racialised harm.

Format: Hardback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 19 December 2024
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Keval's book is a crucial read for anyone in higher education (HE). It offers a unique perspective on the state of UK HE, highlighting the damaging paradoxes that exist within it. Keval explores these paradoxes while also providing valuable insights and instruction to readers. This book is particularly relevant in today's world, where there is a growing marginalization of people from the global majority due to violence and injustice. Melanie-Marie Haywood, Director of Education Development Service at Birmingham City University, recognizes the importance of universities as safe havens for knowledge production and the educational transformation of lives. However, she also acknowledges the long history of universities as sites of contestation, where structures of hierarchical legitimacy are played out. In response to the recent global protests against racial violence and the criticism of colonial, racialized, and Eurocentric forms of thinking, universities have adopted new roles as 'anti-racist and 'decolonial beacons of hope. This book delves into how these liberal progressive 'acts hide a much deeper racialized logic of whiteness-framed structural narcissism, producing insidiously powerful and difficult-to-trace forms of racialized harm. The Social Science for Social Justice series challenges the Ivory Tower of academia by providing a platform for academics, journalists, and activists of color to respond to pressing social issues.

Weight: 362g
Dimension: 161 x 241 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529622058