ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book uses Critical Race Theory and Black feminist anti-racist approaches to examine the operation of regimes of institutional whiteness in educational settings and its protection of white privilege at the expense of racialized others in Europe. It focuses on examining the role faculty regimes play in maintaining social closure that results in a Black underclass within the academy. The book defines and deconstructs the principal social actors within faculty regimes to demonstrate how their actions maintain higher education’s Black underclass. It presents and analyses a paradigmatic case study of the perpetuation of racism in democratic societies. The book argues, the reality of South Africa shows that whites have more power and influence over the economy than Black Africans.
