Doharty, N. orcid.org/0000-0001-7898-3340 (2020) “If she runs away, i’ll get to whip her”: anti-black humour and stereotyping in school. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 41 (8). pp. 1133-1148. ISSN 0142-5692
Abstract
This paper theorises empirical findings from a school in the north of England in order to contribute to theoretical understandings of racial microaggressions, particularly micro-assaults. In so doing, the paper argues that during the teaching of Black History, micro-assaults were articulated as racist humour and stereotyping, to increase tolerance for disparaging Black people and for justifying their unequal treatment. White teachers and their students were complicit in engaging in anti-Black racist humour and stereotyping, but from a Critical Race perspective, the paper argues that Black students’ participation is best understood as a coping mechanism for reducing Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) as a consequence of Mundane Extreme Environmental Stress (MEES).
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in British Journal of Sociology of Education. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | racist humour; stereotyping; critical race theory; racial microaggressions; History curriculum; racial battle fatigue |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2020 15:51 |
Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2022 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/01425692.2020.1816810 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:164694 |