A New Approach To Race
Tommy J. Curry
Instructor
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Tommy J. CurryGroundbreaking scholar
About the Course
Critical Race Theory has taken centre stage in recent debates surrounding racism. Tommy Curry argues that current incarnations of the theory fail to address the problem and offer ineffective solutions to the issue. Instead, he puts forward a new strategy, arguing that to understand racial inequality, we must take a more holistic approach and consider the role of gender in shaping our attitudes towards race.
By the end of the course, you will have learnt:
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The origins and history of decolonisation.
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What Critical Race Theory is.
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How racism intersects with gender.
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The issues surrounding intersectionality.
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How we should rethink our approach to racism.
IAI Academy courses are designed to be challenging but accessible to the interested student. No specialist knowledge is required.
About the Instructor
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Tommy J. Curry
"The Jim Crow era may be gone but its spirit is alive and well."
Tommy Curry is a philosophy professor at Edinburgh University where he holds a Personal Chair in Africana Philosophy and Black Male studies. His research focusses on Africana Philosophy, Critical Race Theory, Anti-Colonialism, Black Male Studies and Public Health.
Curry is the esteemed author of The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood which won the American Book Award in 2018. The Man-Not is regarded as controversial for its discussion of the rape of Black males during American slavery by white men and women but has received multiple positive reviews in Masculinity Studies, Black Studies, and Gender Studies journals.
"…everything that goes into making Another white Man's Burden an unlikely inspiration for widespread discussion of Royce also makes it a crucial new work of scholarship for American Philosophy broadly construed." — The Pluralist
Course Syllabus
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Part One: The Story of DecolonisationUnpack the concept of decolonisation and explore the way in which western thinkers and institutions have misinterpreted its meaning.
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Part Two: The Future of DecolonisationExplore the issues within intersectionality, and how white feminist thinkers have distorted the image of the black male.
Suggested Further Readings
- Curry, T. J., The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood, (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2017).
- Delgado, R., & Stefancic, J., Critical Race Theory: An Introduction, (New York: NYU Press, 2017).
- Crenshaw, K., On Intersectionality: Essential Writings, (New York: The New Press, 2017).
- Mills, C. W., The Racial Contract, (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997).
- Collins, P. H., Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, (New York: Routledge, 2000).
- Fanon, F., Black Skin, White Masks, (London: Pluto Press, 2008 [1952]).
