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Taking up space : the black girl's manifesto for change / Chelsea Kwakye and Ọrẹ Ogunbiyi

Author
Kwakye, Chelsea
Published
London : #Merky Books, 2019.
Copyright Date
©2019
Physical Description
xv, 294 pages ; 23 cm
Additional Creators
Ogunbiyi, Ọrẹ

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Getting In -- Barriers to Entry -- School of Institutional Racism -- Where Do We Go From Here? -- 2.#AcademiaSoWhite -- Subjects -- Peers and Professors -- #DecolonisetheCurriculum -- The Black Attainment Gap -- 3.Mental Health -- Black Effect: Mental Health at University -- Black Excellence? -- Getting Help Self-Care 101 -- Thinking Out Loud -- 4.Finding Spaces -- Fitting In -- Making Space -- The Idea of a Black Sisterhood -- 5.Desirability and Relationships -- Season of Singleness -- Self-Love over Everything -- Relationships at University -- Interracial Dating at University -- Reclaiming Bodies -- Choosing You -- 6.`Blacktivism' -- The Burden of Obligation The B in B(A)ME -- #BlackMenofCambridgeUniversity and the Gendered Aspect -- Hypervisibility and the Media -- Allyship, Oppression and Privilege in Activist Spaces -- The A Word.
Summary
As a minority in a predominantly white institution, taking up space is an act of resistance. And in higher education, feeling like you constantly have to justify your existence within institutions that weren't made for you is an ongoing struggle for many people. Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi, two recent Cambridge graduates, wrote 'Taking Up Space' as a guide and a manifesto for change: tackling issues of access, unrepresentative curricula, discrimination in the classroom, the problems of activism and life before and after university.
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9781529118537 hardcover
1529118530 hardcover
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-289).
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