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Book SynopsisSocial justice rhetoric is prevalent in contemporary America, but are we as a nation ready to do the work to effect real change? Emily Allen Williams has gathered a group of essays that interrogate matters of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access. In doing so, the essays contribute to what Williams call “tilling the ground,” i.e. a process by which the nation is prepared for the changes that must follow the rhetoric through the work of diversity and inclusion in a variety of social arenas. With subject matters ranging from the Black Lives Matter movement and children’s literature to the contemporary workplace and university, the collected essays present and analyze progress that is already being made and outline ways for our society to continue to move this process forward until the rhetoric of social justice manifests in actual conditions of inclusion, diversity, equity, and access throughout the nation.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Finding Our Way Together: Discussions on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access
Emily Allen Williams, Editor
Part 1: Interrogations of Blackness, Whiteness, Racism, and Beyond: Historical and 21st Century Considerations
Chapter One: Black Lives Matter: Dismantling Racism and Rewriting History in the Confederate Monuments
Nancy Wellington Bookhart
Chapter Two: The Black Lives Matter Movement and Anglophone African Caribbean Impact: Transposition of the Caribbean Experience in the Complexities of the African American Context
Sharon Albert Honore
Chapter Three: The New Back to Africa Movement: The Black Diaspora Seeking Opportunity and Refuge in the Motherland
Karl Ellis Johnson
Part 2: Excluded or Included? African American, Non-Conformist, and Transgender
Chapter Four: (Re)Defining Hi-stories: Conducting and Preserving Oral Histories in Africana Studies
Catherine L. Adams
Chapter Five: Did You Bring Me Here to Be Like You? Philosophizing About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Anthony Sean Neal
Chapter Six: Missing the Whole Picture: A Content Analysis of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Characters in Children’s Literature
Eden-Reneé Hayes and Saisha Manan
Chapter Seven: Organizational Culture: Pivoting on DEI
Willette Neal
Chapter Eight: Approaching Diversity, Equity, and Race Work in 21st Century America
Gwendolyn VanSant
Part 3: Challenging 21st Century Notions of Diversity on College and University Campuses
Chapter Nine: Black Lives Matter on Campus: Choreographing Protest
Peter A. Campbell
Chapter Ten: Black Maleness at a Public Regional University
Mark Wagner and Katherine L. Cleary
Chapter Eleven: Meta-Reflections: Teaching Black Psychology at a Predominately White Undergraduate Institution
Sandra Virginia Gonsalves-Domond
Chapter Twelve: The Case for Inclusive Instructional Design
Samantha Calamari
Index
About the Contributors
