1st Edition

The Politics of Antiracism Theories, Movements and Global Perspectives

Edited By John Solomos Copyright 2027
138 Pages
by Routledge

The question of antiracism has emerged as a critical dimension of contemporary debates about racial and ethnic relations across the globe. This edited collection brings together scholarship that examines the multifaceted nature of contemporary antiracist thought and practice. Drawing on case studies from Britain, France, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Australia, the volume addresses key... Read more

Introduction

John Solomos

 

1. Antiracism and the current moment

Chetan Bhatt

 

2. White gatekeeping: how emotions and internalized white supremacy impact white antiracism

Annie Ferguson

 

3. The proverbial elephant in the room: “raceless” antiracism, development communications and African diaspora invisibility

Edward Ademolu and Eilish Dillon

 

4. #StopAsianHate in Australia: possibilities and paradoxes for local and global antiracism

Aaron Teo and Erin Wen-Ai Chew

 

5. From slavery through “racial democracy” to antiracist policymaking: examining Brazil’s racial justice evolution

Armin Langer and Kevin Kitsos

 

6. “Antiracism for sale”: commodification, antiracialism, and the politics of antiracism campaigns in France

Guillaume Johnson and Noémi Michel

 

7. #PeroNoSomosRacistas: examining Dominican (anti)blackness in a time of global racial reckoning

Pamela Zabala Ortiz

 

8. Authoritarian liberalism and the triangulation of the antiracist left in France

Thomas Serres

 

Biography

John Solomos is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. He has researched and written widely on the history and contemporary forms of race and ethnic relations in Britain, theories of race and racism, the politics of race, equal opportunity policies, multiculturalism and social policy, race and football, and racist movements and ideas. His most recent book is Antiracism: A Critique (Polity Press, 2025). He has been Joint-Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Ethnic and Racial Studies since 1995 and is co-editor of the book series on Racism, Resistance and Social Change for Manchester University Press.