Black History Studies presents ‘Overstanding Whiteness as Rightness: Decolonising the African Mind ‘ with Prof Lez Henry on Saturday 21 December 2024.
In this highly, interactive, reasoning, we will explore why overstanding white supremacist thought and action, as ideological weaponry, is crucial to any discussion of the global black experience, where Africans are reduced to the ‘voiceless’ and ‘unthinking’ other. To enable us to do so, we will investigate why the notion of ‘civilisation’ reinforces ‘whiteness as rightness’, through socio-cultural constructs like ‘white allyship’, ‘white saviour syndrome’ and ‘white Christian morality’. All factors that serve only to disaffect, disenfranchise and delude far too many black people, into accepting and embracing myriad forms of inferiority, read as internalised oppression, that are in fact the ‘hidden’ consequences of African Chattel Enslavement. Hence, Europeans have created a world where a global minority controls the way many ‘think’, through the racialisation of knowledge that is fundamentally flawed, because much of what they claim, as ‘truth’, can be easily refuted. Our reasoning will be assisted by considering Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s argument regarding ‘Colonialism as a Process of Alienation’, as well as the thoughts and reflections of other pro-black Africentric voices, that do not ‘tek back nuh taak’. All that is asked is that you bring your mind and make sure it is open.
Dr William ‘Lez’ Henry is the Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology at the University of West London. Dr William ‘Lez’ Henry is an international speaker, Social Anthropologist, academic, public speaker and a community activist for over 20 years. The author of a number of books on race, culture, history, music and politics, he is also co-founder of Nu-Beyond Ltd an independent consultancy which focuses on the specialities of education, race, ethnicity, diversity and social, cultural and political empowerment.
THIS EVENT IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!
This presentation will take place on Saturday 21 December 2024 from 17:00 to 20:00 GMT.
The event will be held at The Black Cultural Centre Islington, 16–18 Hornsey Road, N7 7BT. Approx 5 mins walk from Holloway Road (Piccadilly Line) tube station.
Food and drinks will be on sale.
Admission is £5 per person (tickets only).
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The book ‘Whiteness Made Simple: Stepping into the Grey Zone’ by Prof Lez Henry will be on sale on the night.
PLEASE ARRIVE AT LEAST 15 MINUTES EARLY.
Places for this event are limited so if you are interested in attending please reply as soon as possible to acknowledge your place. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis, so don’t delay.