Abstract:This article interrogates how the concept of critical consciousness applies to racialised subjects’ lived experiences when attempting to resist racialisation and racism within Australian society. We first demonstrate the incongruence between the theoretical conceptualisation of critical consciousness-raising and its practical application for racialised subjects, examined through the concept of the will-to-resist. This foregrounds the individualised nature of resistance for the racialised. Then, we offer a help… Show more
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