Poetic, confrontational and radical, Decolonizing Academia speaks to
those who have been taught to doubt themselves because of the politics
of censorship, violence and silence that sustain the Ivory Tower. Clelia
O. Rodríguez illustrates how academia is a racialized structure that
erases the voices of people of colour, particularly women. She offers
readers a gleam of hope through the voice of an inquisitorial thinker
and methods of decolonial expression, including poetry, art and
reflections that encompass much more than theory.
In Decolonizing Academia, Rodríguez passes the torch to her Latinx
offspring to use as a tool to not only survive academic spaces but also
dismantle systems of oppression. Through personal anecdotes, creative
non-fiction and unflinching bravery, Rodríguez reveals how people of
colour are ignored, erased and consumed in the name of research and
tenured academic positions. Her work is a survival guide for people of
colour entering academia.