Global White Supremacy: Anti-Blackness and the University as Colonizer

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Knowledge is more expansive than the boundaries of the Western university model and its claim to be the dominant—or only—rigorous house of knowledge. In the former colonies of Europe (e.g., South Africa, Brazil, and Oceania), the curriculum, statues, architectures, and other aspects of the university demonstrate the way in which it is a fixture in empire maintenance. The trajectory of global White supremacy is deeply historical and contemporary—it is a global, transnational, and imperial phenomenon. White supremacy is sustained through the construction of inferiority and anti-Blackness. The context, history, and perspective offered by Collins, Newman, and Jun should serve as an introduction to the disruption of the ways in which university and academic dispositions have and continue to serve as sites of colonial and White supremacist preservation—as well as sites of resistance.    Contents Preface Who We Are and Why It Matters Introduction Part 1 Ideology 1 Tools of Invasion A Disposition to Inhabit the Globe 2 Homeland, Diaspora, and Traveling Whiteness 3 The University as Colonizer and Carrier of White Dominance Part 2 Case Studies Introduction 4 Dominant White Minorities and Invasion in Southern Africa 5 Shades of Advantage in Brazil 6 Empty Treaties and Occupied Land in Oceania Conclusion Decolonized Past and Future Acknowledgments Notes Index