Zachary Sunderman

Dilemmas of Allyship (eBook, PDF)

White Anti-Racists and the Challenges of Social Justice

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Dilemmas of Allyship investigates the contemporary phenomenon of social justice allyship from a novel perspective. Departing from evaluative analyses, Sunderman argues that today's movement is best understood as a set of socially mediated dilemmas, involving contradictions between mutually exclusive sets of motivations and interests.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000935806
• Artikelnr.: 68402272

Autorenporträt

Zachary V. Sunderman is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Eastern Gateway Community College in Steubenville, OH.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction: "Can a Man Condemn Himself?"

Who Is the "Ally?"

Whiteness Made Problematic

The Case and the Research

Outline of the Work

Chapter 1: Spoiled Selfhood: The Moral Problematic

Racism and Responsibility

The Moral Dilemma in Ally Life

Chapter 2: Suspect Subjectivity: The Epistemic Problematic

Ignorance and Deference

The Epistemic Dilemma in Ally Life

Chapter 3: Managing Dilemma: Strategies of Mitigation

Interactive Mitigation

Cognitive Mitigation

Affiliative Mitigation

Chapter 4: Allyship Reconsidered

Dilemmas of Allyship-and Their Relevance

The Desirability of Dilemma

Conclusion

Appendix: Logic and Methodology

References

Index

Rezensionen

"Through a rich depiction of the lives of white allies in a moment of race reckoning, Sunderman shows that to be an ally is to acknowledge and work through a set of predictable dilemmas-to be simultaneously morally upright and inherently suspect, both knowledgeable and ignorant, both protagonist and antagonist. While not giving us any easy answers, Sunderman provides us with a template for white participation in anti-racist action, as well as a sophisticated theory of what allyship means."
- Iddo Tavory, Professor of Sociology, New York University; Editor, Sociological Theory

"In Sunderman's revealing interviews with whites in the anti-racism movement, he explores the process of moving from 'bystander' to 'ally' in the struggle for racial justice. Am I self-protective or open? Is shame or guilt part of this work or does it get in the way? Sunderman takes a deep dive into the emotional issues that arise in addressing an urgent issue: how do we scale up and move toward?"
- Arlie Russell Hochschild, Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of California Berkeley; Author of Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right