Today we launched the third season of SSFWQ – the first episode since Frequently Asked White Questions was published last fall. Lots of great questions – the recording is available on the Fernwood Publishing YouTube channel here.
Category Archives: white fragility
What If?
I sat down with Lori and Stephenie, hosts of the awesome Community Radio program “What If” in Nelson BC to talk about race, racism, white supremacy, and having difficult and important conversations about race. It was centred around Frequently Asked White Questions, but we covered a lot of ground. The interview aired Jan 22, 2023Continue reading “What If?”
Why Islamophobia is Normalized
I was asked by the Sinai Health Authority to answer this question as part of their “Systemic Bias and Racism” Speaker Series. This is a recording of my answer, with sincere thanks and to Tina Changoor, for the initiative and many generative exchanges leading up to the talk on April 12th.
LSE Review of Books
Subversive Pedagogies was reviewed by Judith Leijdekkers and Sander Hölsgens in the LSE Review of Books Blog. I feel happy that they found value in my broadcasting of personal insecurities in my chapter, “Solidarity is a Verb: Teaching Development Activism on Stolen Land.” Check out their review of the book, edited by the wonderful KateContinue reading “LSE Review of Books”
Imperial Afterlives: Citizenship and Racial/Caste Fragility in Canada and India
Ajay Parasram and Nissim Mannathukkaren, 2021. “Imperial Afterlives: Citizenship and Racial/Caste Fragility in Canada and India” Citizenship Studies online in advance, Oct. 8. This paper looks to the historical imbrication of racial and caste supremacy with citizenship, drawing attention to the inherent coloniality of citizenship in post-imperial Canada and India. We examine the transition from explicit toContinue reading “Imperial Afterlives: Citizenship and Racial/Caste Fragility in Canada and India”
Safe Space for White Questions
Hosted by Fernwood Publishing, this is a series of free, public, monthly drop-in sessions that are open to all but aimed at people who identify as white and are interested in working toward collective liberation. Come ask the questions about race, racism, social change, and social justice you always wonder about but feel nervous asking.Continue reading “Safe Space for White Questions”
On the Jan. 6 2021 Insurrection
Interview on the significance of this the MAGA riot in the US capital and the politics of race within the policing response.
Strategies for Dismantling Racial Fragility In Public Institutions
I organized and moderated this public panel following a public policy roundtable session as part of my work with the MacEachen Institute. The insights from Professor Cristina Rojas, Professor Alex Khasnabish, Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed, and Dr. Rachel Zellers helped to catalyze and fuel much work on the question in the years following this roundtable.
Pathological White Fragility and the Canadian Nation
Ajay Parasram, 2019. “Pathological White Fragility and the Canadian Nation” Studies in Political Economy 100/2: 194 – 207. We are at a critical moment when we must confront the relationship between racial stress and white supremacy in order to provide tools and education to combat the radicalization of young white men in Canada. White fragility insulates structuralContinue reading “Pathological White Fragility and the Canadian Nation”
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