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

By: Smith, ErecMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham Lexington Books, 2020Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 149 pages)ISBN: 9781498590419; 1498590411Subject(s): Academic writing | Anti-racism | Rhetoric -- Social aspects | Power (Social sciences) | Identity (Psychology) | Academic writing | Anti-racism | Identity (Psychology) | Power (Social sciences) | Rhetoric -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | Electronic books. | Electronic books. DDC classification: 808.0089 LOC classification: P301.5.A27Online resources: EBSCOhost
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?
Summary: 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--which promotes individual, communal, and strategic efficacy--is missing from most antiracist initiatives, which instead often abide by what Smith refers to as a "primacy of identity": an over-reliance on identity, particularly a victimized identity, to establish ethos. Scholars of rhetoric, composition, communication, and critical race theory will find this book particularly useful.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?

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--which promotes individual, communal, and strategic efficacy--is missing from most antiracist initiatives, which instead often abide by what Smith refers to as a "primacy of identity": an over-reliance on identity, particularly a victimized identity, to establish ethos. Scholars of rhetoric, composition, communication, and critical race theory will find this book particularly useful.

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