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
by Routledge

254 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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