A critique of anti-racism in rhetoric and composition the semblance of empowerment

A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment critiques current antiracist ideology in rhetoric and composition, arguing that it inadvertently promotes a deficit-model of empowerment for both students and scholars. Erec Smith claims that empowerment theory--whic...

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Main Author: Smith, Erec
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham Lexington Books, 2020.
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Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Something "More Than a Negro"
  • The Primacy of Identity: Prefiguration, The Sacred Victim, and the Semblance of Empowerment
  • So What is Empowerment?
  • Disempowerment and Code-meshing Pedagogy
  • The "Soft Bigotry" of Antiracist Pedagogy: Victims, Tricksters, and Protectors
  • Conclusion: Getting Over Ourselves and Centering Empowerment
  • Epilogue: Am I Overreacting?