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Activism and love

loving white people through the struggle

Kimberly N. Williams Brown

pp. 199-204

Abstrakt

Love, as a radical, revolutionary concept, is necessary in social justice work. This chapter is an example of the deep and difficult struggle that is inherent in the act of social justice pedagogy and activism. We can sometimes forget that although we have come into critical consciousness around race and gender oppressions (in this particular case), it is constant work to disrupt the attempts we make to undo, critique, and eradicate our favorable positions to power and dominance. Understanding how to love radically and transformatively sustains people of color as we do the difficult work of sitting in relationship with and working to dismantle power hierarchies with white people who must learn to undo deeply internalized dominance.

Publication details

Published in:

Travis Sarah, Kraehe Amelia M., Hood Emily J., Lewis Tyson E. (2018) Pedagogies in the flesh: case studies on the embodiment of sociocultural differences in education. Dordrecht, Springer.

Seiten: 199-204

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59599-3_31

Referenz:

Williams Brown Kimberly N. (2018) „Activism and love: loving white people through the struggle“, In: S. Travis, A. M. Kraehe, E. J. Hood & T. E. Lewis (eds.), Pedagogies in the flesh, Dordrecht, Springer, 199–204.