The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice
by
Nasar Meer
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
21st Century Standpoints
ISBN-10
1447363027
ISBN-13
9781447363026
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Imprint
Policy Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 22nd, 2022
Print length
198 Pages
Weight
266 grams
Dimensions
13.80 x 21.60 x 2.20 cms
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Looking at examples across anti-racist movements and developments in nationhood/nationalism, institutional racism, migration, white supremacy and the disparities of COVID-19, Nasar Meer argues for the need to move on from perpetual crisis in racial justice to a turning point that might change deep-seated systems of racism.
What can we learn from successes and failures in the pursuit of racial justice in the UK and elsewhere in the Global North? A dominant view of racial justice has long been linked to a ‘cruel optimism’ which normalises social and political outcomes that sustain racial injustice, despite successive governments wielding the means to address it. Researchers, activists and minoritised groups continually identify the drivers of these outcomes, but have grown accustomed to persevering despite strong resistance to change. Looking at numerous examples across anti-racist movements and key developments in nationhood/nationalism, institutional racism, migration, white supremacy and the disparities of COVID-19, Nasar Meer argues for the need to move on from perpetual crisis in racial justice to a turning point that might herald a change to deep-seated systems of racism.
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