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.
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Are Universities Doing Enough to Support Outspoken Racialized Faculty?
This panel conversation was organized by Max Haiven and Sarah Olutola from Lakehead University. It was a very frank and direct discussion drawing on experience from “outspoken” racialized faculty members in Canadian universities, including Dean Lily Cho (York), Dr. El Jones (MSVU), Dr. Lana Ray (Lakehead), and myself, moderated by Dr. Olutola. The panel discussionContinue reading “Are Universities Doing Enough to Support Outspoken Racialized Faculty?”
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?”
Racial Fragility: A Problem of White Supremacy
I wrote a short chapter for the Open Source book, edited by P. Ballamingie & D. Szanto ,Showing Theory to Know Theory Understanding Social Science Concepts through Illustrative Vignettes. Showing Theory Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.22215/sktk/pa45 The purpose of the book is to take complex ideas in social science theory and make it accessible in creative ways.Continue reading “Racial Fragility: A Problem of White Supremacy”
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.
Faculty of Medicine Invites Visiting Scholars To Guide Anti‑Oppressive Practice
I was interviewed recently alongside my wonderful colleagues Eli Manning and Gaynor Watson-Creed about our anti-oppression work in the Faculty of Medicine. You can read the copy here.
Solidarity is a Verb: Teaching Development Activism on Stolen Land
I am excited to be part of this important collaboration, led by Kate Schick and Claire Timperley. My chapter describes the anxieties and obligations of being an early career teacher who takes land acknowledgements seriously. It includes very honest personal reflections in the form of “external” and “internal” diaries over the course of the WinterContinue reading “Solidarity is a Verb: Teaching Development Activism on Stolen Land”
Seeing Whiteness In The Margins
My first publication with the Journal of Narrative Politics, which demanded that I put away my footnotes and get into the evocative work of story telling. This article is part of a special issue arising from ongoing conversations themed “International Relations As if People Matter” over a couple meetings of the International Studies Association.
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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