How does a White woman sociologist ignore Australian women of colour who specialise in critical race and ethnicity studies? How does she put herself forward as an expert in decolonising knowledge when her body of work has pretty much ignored race?
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How does a White woman academic get published on decolonising sociology without critical engagement with the concepts of race & racism - let alone reflecting deeply and critically with her own Whiteness and how her career has benefited from racial inequality baked into academia?
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Only a coloniser mindset would present the works of Other women in such a way as to lay a claim to decolonising a field that Black, Brown and other minority/ people of colour have fought since before the foundation of academia to break down and continue to do so alone.
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To see examples of my culture cited in a reductionist way that evokes Indigenous struggle ("a narrative of conquest") as cursory example of the exotic past written by conquistadors - static - but without understanding race relations in Peru or Latin America. Othering
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Have you ever counted how many senior Indigenous & other women of colour sociologists exist in Australia? I have. Take a moment to guess about the extent to which the struggles we face in our careers are understood, supported or even given a second thought by senior White women
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Now think about why White women do not incorporate critical race theory into their research, teaching and practice. Why White women sociologists think they are above race, "not racist" and yet ignore Talkin' Up to the White Woman while they claim to be decolonising sociology.
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And consider why White sociologists keep giving one another awards, take up keynotes and panels, and exclusively citing White sociologists' appropriation of postcolonialism but never take proactive steps to inclusion & intersectionality of Indigenous & other
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Finally: there's a reason why sociologists of colour position our scholarship - especially on race - with reference to our race and culture. Race is not something we can switch off. Race is not an abstract idea with vague recommendations. We know race is structural inequality
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Reason why White sociologists & other researchers NEVER think race matters (unless they are race scholars): they can ride White supremacy in the academy without reflecting on how they are the beneficiaries of White supremacy How will *Whiteness* EVER 'decolonise sociology'?
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For a paper on sociology this is incredibly devoid of discussion around people and the Indigenous bodies who have been colonised. Poor research. Vague conclusions. Surface reading. Next.
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Agreed superficial. Targets a clustering of post colonial concepts to seem globally relevant, while not attempting to consider Aust where the colonizer has not left nor its active attempt to continue to invade, persuade + alter. This continues to repeat the intellectual exclusion
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A colleague has pointed out something crucial: author references herself on Australian context, but if you read her original source, it's more of the same (ignores Indigenous and race scholarship from Australia). Presented as if her work is authoritative. Reinforces colonialism
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Saluti there is your unroll: Thread by
@OtherSociology: "How does a White Australian woman sociologist lay a claim to decolonising sociology without throughly engaging with Abor […]"#WOC https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1019581969493995521.html … See you soon.
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@TwitterSafety this bot has republished my entire content on their website without my permission. Why is this allowed?#WOC constantly under siege on this platform. When will you keep us safe?@maelorin shame on you, it takes no effort to read threads without poaching content
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Because the dominant culture can get away with it.
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