Rejecting white distraction: a critique of the white logic and white methods in academic publishing. Issue 8 (20th June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Buggs, Shantel Gabrieal; Sims, Jennifer Patrice; Kramer, Rory
• Is Part Of: Ethnic and racial studies. Volume 43:Issue 8(2020)
• Page Start: 1384
• Page End: 1392
• Publication Date: 2020-06-20
• Subjects: White logic -- white methods -- decolonizing the academy -- race -- racism -- Black feminist theory; Race -- Periodicals; Race relations -- Periodicals; Ethnic groups -- Periodicals; 305.805
• DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2020.1718728
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0141-9870

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This critical reply engages in a critique of the prominence of "white logic" and "white methods" (Zuberi, Tukufu, and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, eds. 2008. White Logic, White Methods: Racism and Methodology . Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield) in academic publishing. We assess how the construction and proliferation of white knowledge(s) shapes analysis and interpretation, argumentation, peer review, and ultimately, publication. We call for a rejection of what we name "white distraction" and encourage the academic community to move toward more inclusive and decolonial modes of thinking, reviewing, and publishing.