1st Edition
Minority within a Minority Black Francophone Immigrants and the Dynamics of Power and Resistance
By Amal Ibrahim Madibbo
Copyright 2007
254 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
254 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book examines the institutional racism and language discrimination that Black Francophones – who constitute a racial minority situated within a linguistic minority – face and identifies the strategies of resistance Black Francophones invent to gain access to power structures. The book is written to cover an area of research (Black Francophones) that is largely understudied.... Read more
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Socio-historical and Contemporary Contexts of the Migration of Black
Francophone Africans and Haitians to Canada
Chapter 3: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
Chapter 4: Black Francophones in Ontario Facing State Racism
Chapter 5: Antiracism and la Francophonie: Blacks within Francophone Communities and
Institutions
Chapter 6: Strategies of Resistance: Towards Building Stronger Black Francophone
Communities
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Amal Madibbo is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.
"...it's moral stance, readability, and pedagogical utility make it wouthwhile as a sharply critical take on racism in Canadian society." -- Canadian Ethnic Studies






