Racial Capitalism and the Implications of Cedric Robinson’s Analysis for Antiracist Pedagogies

• In Event: I-Presentation Gallery

Abstract

This paper will draw upon Professor Cedric J. Robinson’s magnum opus, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition, for its critical insights into the co-constitution of race and class. First, I will begin by invoking Robinson’s critique of W.E.B. Du Bois’s early theorisations of race, as briefly discussed in chapter nine of Black Marxism, titled ‘Historiography and the Black Radical Tradition’. This will lead to a broad engagement of Robinson’s critical theory of ‘racial capitalism’, considering its implications for this conference’s theme of dismantling the lingering legacies of racial injustice in educational spaces.

Author

• Malick Doucoure, King's College London