Sophisticated Racism: Understanding and Managing the Complexity of Everyday Racism explores the experience of Sophisticated Racism and its impact on Black women and their identities. The authors recommend strategies for successfully navigating the residual effects of racism.

Dr. Victoria Showunmi is associate professor at University College London in the Faculty of Institute of Education.

Dr. Carol Tomlin is visiting fellow at the University Leeds.

Front Piece: The Black Swan

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One: Race and Racism(s)

Chapter Two: The Tangled Web of Blackness, Identity and Race

Chapter Three: Sophisticated and Everyday Racism: What does it look like?

Chapter Four: The Language Style of Black Women and its Implications for Education and Work

Chapter Five: Challenges Hindering the Success of Some Black Women: Education, Parenting and the Labour Market

Chapter Six: Suffering in silence: Black British Young Women and their Well-Being

Chapter Seven: Black women reflecting on being Black in the academy

Chapter Eight: Flip the Script and Change the Narrative

Chapter Nine: Conclusion

References

About the Authors