Black Oot Here: Black Lives in Scotland

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What does it mean to be Black in Scotland today? How are notions of nationhood, Scottishness, and Britishness implicated in this? Why is it important to archive and understand Black Scottish history? Reflecting on the past to make sense of the present, Francesca Sobande and layla-roxanne hill explore the history and contemporary lives of Black people in Scotland. Based on intergenerational interviews, survey responses, photography, and analysis of media and archived material, this book offers a unique snapshot of Black Scottish history and recent 21st century realities. Focusing on a wide range of experiences of education, work, activism, media, creativity, public life, and politics, Black Oot Here presents a vital account of Black lives in Scotland, while carefully considering the future that may lie ahead. Cover Halftitle page Frontispiece Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1 Tis’ere tae: A long and winding introduction Oor way: fowk, nae jist percentages Keekin back tae keek forwards: Looking back to look forwards Mair o’it than afore: Growing work on race, racism, and Scotland Nae jist aboot race: Race, gender, sexuality, and class Black fowk maitter: Black lives matter in Scotland Tak the high ’n’ low roads: Book roadmap 2 Scottish exceptionalism, naw: (Re)inspecting Scotland’s Black history Th’power o’photies: ‘Picturing’ Black lives in Scotland Slaverie ‘’n’ ‘aw that stuff’ in the past: Slavery and Scotland’s history Learning, politics – ‘that’s no fur me’, ’n’ makin: Education, politics, and the arts Race, pennies, ’n’ wirk: Racial capitalism, work, health, and the COVID-19 crisis In it th’gither: Black activism in Scotland and ideas about Scottish Independence Yin muckle fowk? The Scottish and British relationship 3 Yin o’ us?: Multiculturalism, ‘New Scots’, and Black women’s lives Wurds dae mean something: ‘BAME’, ‘New Scots’, and ‘raceless multiculturalism’ Whaur is th’ justice? Dispersing and policing (New) Black Scots Making sense o’ ‘mixedness’: ‘Mixed’ Black people and notions of national identity Yon Black lassies urnae fae aroon here: Black women in Scotland Mair than jist aboot yersel’: Beyond Black (post)feminist possibilities Dinnae jist write it doon, ye hiv tae keep it nice: Black living archives 4 ‘No like us, a wee bit different, them pure exotic fowk’: Black Scotland in the Media and Public Life On screens, stages, and side-lined: Black Scottishness, (re)presented Wanting tae see yersel, that’s aw’: Feeling seen and supported? But thurs broon faces in white places: (No) Black people in Scottish politics Fae nane/yin tae plenty: Digital media and a global gaze on Black Scottishness 5 Tis nae th’ end: Some not so final thoughts Notes References Index