Frequently Asked White Questions - Softcover

Ajay Parasram

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1773635573 ISBN 13: 9781773635576

Publisher: Fernwood Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

Are you a white person with questions about how race affects different situations, but you feel awkward, shy, or afraid to ask the people of colour in your life? Are you a racialized person who is tired of answering the same questions over and over? This book is for you: a basic guide for people learning about racial privilege. In Frequently Asked White Questions, Alex Khasnabish and Ajay Parasram answer ten of the most common questions asked of them by people seeking to understand how race structures our every day. Drawing from their lived experiences as well as live sessions of their monthly YouTube series Safe Space for White Questions, the authors offer concise, accessible answers to questions such as, “Is it possible to be racist against white people?” or “Shouldn’t everyone be treated equally?” With humour and compassion, this book offers relatable advice and a practical entry point into conversations about race.

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About the Author

Ajay Parasram is a transnational, multigenerational byproduct of the British empire. He is an associate professor cross appointed to the departments of International Development Studies, History, and Political Science at Dalhousie University. Ajay’s research surrounds themes of the “colonial present” or how historical colonial entanglements such as colonial state formation and the calcification of structures like race, gender, class, and caste in the last four centuries continue to limit the possibility of collective liberation. He is currently researching the political economy of “improvement” and the morality of capitalism and colonialism in the mid-late 19th century, specifically in the imperial transition from slavery to indentureship. He is the author of Pluriversal Sovereignty and the State: Imperial Encounters in Sri Lanka which was awarded the Centre for Advanced International Theory (CAIT) Sussex International Theory Prize and the Best Book Prize by the Global Development Studies section of the International Studies Association. With Alex Khasnabish, he co-authored Frequently Asked White Questions (Fernwood Publishing, 2022) and he is currently writing a monograph for Fernwood Publishing entitled How To Talk To Your Racist Uncle expected to be published in 2026. Ajay is a member of The Racialization of Asian International Students Collective. Alex Khasnabish is a writer, researcher and teacher committed to collective liberation living in Halifax, on unceded and unsurrendered Mi’kmaw territory. He is a professor in sociology and anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University. His research focuses on radical imagination, radical politics, social justice and social movements.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1773635573
• ISBN 13: 9781773635576
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160