Fear of black consciousness /

Fear of black consciousness /

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Author / Creator:	Gordon, Lewis R. (Lewis Ricardo), 1962- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022. ©2022
Description:	276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Black people -- Race identity. Race awareness. Racism. Anti-racism. Anti-racism. Blacks -- Race identity. Race awareness. Racism.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12707835

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ISBN:	9780374159023 0374159025
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-256) and index.
Summary:	"In this original and penetrating work, Lewis R. Gordon, one of the leading scholars of Black existentialism and anti-Blackness, takes the reader on a journey through the historical development of racialized Blackness, the problems this kind of consciousness produces, and the many creative responses from Black and non-Black communities in contemporary struggles for dignity and freedom"--
Standard no.:	40030994168

Table of Contents:

Prologue
Introduction: Struggling to Breathe
Part I. Bound
1. Feared
2. Blackened
3. Erased; or, "I Don't See Race"
Part II. Race-Making and Racism
4. Race-Making
5. Racism Intersected
6. Privilege, Luxury, License
7. Trans but Not Transcended
Part III. Political Realities
8. Five Kinds of Invisibility
9. Black Consciousness is Political
10. Black Consciousness in Wakanda
Part IV. Even When Black and Blue
11. Blue
12. Valued
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index