Lexington Books
Pages: 208
Trim: 6½ x 9⅜
978-1-4985-8251-3 • Hardback • January 2022 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-4985-8252-0 • eBook • January 2022 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Sulaimon Giwa is assistant professor and associate dean of undergraduate programs insocial work at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and endowed chair in criminology and criminal justice at St. Thomas University.
Foreword by C. Winter Han
Introduction
Chapter 1:Contextual and Conceptual Foundations of Racism in Gay Men’s Communities: The Racism-Health-Coping Connection
Chapter 2:Excavating Racism in Gay Men’s Communities
Chapter 3:Sociospatial Contexts of Racism in Gay Men’s Communities in Ottawa
Chapter 4:Causes and Factors Contributing to Racism in Gay Men’s Communities in Ottawa
Chapter 5:Coping Strategies for Confronting Racism in Gay Men’s Communities in Ottawa
Chapter 6:Coping Strategies: What Works and Does Not Work for Gay Men of Color?
Chapter 7:Weaving the Tales: Bringing It All Together
Conclusion: Addressing Racism in Gay Men’s Communities: A Call to Action
Racism and Gay Men of Color examines the complexities and everyday experiences of racism. Thoughtfully written, and grounded in a range of critical theories, minority stress syndrome is utilized to highlight coping responses to racism in the dominant white gay and same gender loving communities, making the text a superb and timely contribution. This book illuminates an understanding of structural and systemic racism from which analysis of social action and social changes are brought into view. Sulaimon Giwa pushes the boundaries of critical theories of race, sexuality, and wellbeing.
— Wesley Crichlow, University of Ontario Institute of Technology and author of Buller Men and Batty Bwoys: Hidden Men in Toronto and Halifax Black Communities