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Book SynopsisFor nearly 20 years, Readings for Diversity and Social Justice has been the trusted, leading anthology to cover a wide range of social oppressions from a social justice standpoint. With full sections dedicated to racism, religious oppression, classism, ableism, youth and elder oppression, as well as an integrative section dedicated to sexism, heterosexism, and transgender oppression, this bestselling text goes far beyond the range of traditional readers. New essay selections in each section of this fourth edition have been carefully chosen to keep topic coverage timely and readings accessible and engaging for students. The interactions among these topics are highlighted throughout to stress the interconnections among oppressions in everyday life. A Table of Intersections leads you to selections not in the section dedicated to an issue.
Retaining the key features and organization that has made Readings for Diversity and Social Justice an indispensable text for teaching issues of social justice while simultaneously updating and expanding its coverage, this new edition features:
- Over 40 new selections considering current topics and events such as the Black Lives Matter movement, workplace immigration raids, gentrification, wealth inequality, the disability rights of prisoners and inmates, and the Keystone XL pipeline protests.
- An updated companion website with additional resources and short classroom-friendly videos that further complement the readings in each section.
- A holistic approach to sexism, gay, lesbian, trans and gender-queer oppression that challenges widely-held assumptions about the usual practice of separating analyses of sex and gender binaries.
- A more optimistic focus on the role of social justice at all levels of society, whether personal, institutional local, or global, and the intersections among them.
Offering over 140 selections from some of the foremost scholars in a wide range of fields, Readings for Diversity and Social Justice is the indispensable volume for every student, teacher, and social justice advocate.
Table of ContentsTable of Intersections
Acknowledgements
Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: A General Introduction
Section 1: Getting Started: Core Concepts for Social Justice Education
Introduction
Maurianne Adams
1 The Complexity of Identity: "Who Am I?"
Beverly Daniel Tatum
2 Identities and Social Locations: Who Am I? Who Are My People
Gwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey
3 The Social Construction of Difference
Allan G. Johnson
4 Microaggressions, Marginality, and Oppression: An Introduction
Derald Wing Sue
5 The Cycle of Socialization
Bobbie Harro
6 Theoretical Foundations
Lee Anne Bell
Core Concepts for Social Justice Education
Maurianne Adams and Ximena Zúñiga
7 Five Faces of Oppression
Iris Marion Young
8 Intersectionality Revisited
Patricia Hill Collins and Sirma Bilge
Section 2: Racism
Introduction
Mike Funk, Rani Varghese, and Ximena Zúñiga
Context
9 Defining Racism: ‘Can We Talk?’
Beverly Daniels Tatum
10 A Different Mirror
Ronald Takaki
11 This Land
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
12 The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
George Lipsitz
13 Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy: Rethinking Women of Color Organizing
Andrea Smith
14 La consciencia de la mestiza: Toward a New Consciousness
Gloria Anzaldua
15 Patrolling Racial Borders: Discrimination Against Mixed Race People
Heather Dalmage
16 Selected Reports
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Voices
17 Finding My Eye-dentity
Olivia Chung
18 Identification Pleas
Eric Gansworth
19 American Hijab: Why My Scarf Is A Sociopolitical Statement, Not A Symbol Of My Religiosity
Mariam Gomaa
20 My Tongue is Divided into Two
Quique Aviles
21 Letter to My Son
Ta-Nehisi Coates
22 My Class Didn’t Trump My Race: Using Oppression to Face Privilege
Robin J. DiAngelo
Next Steps
23 Women, Race, and Racism: A Dialogue in Black and White
Andrea Ayvazian and Beverly Daniel Tatum
24 Forging El Mundo Zurdo: Changing Ourselves, Changing the World
AnaLouise Keating
25 The Personal Is Political
Richard (Chip) Smith
Section 3: Classism
Introduction
Maurianne Adams, Larissa E. Hopkins, and Davey Shlasko
Context
26 Class in America
Gregory Mantsios
27 Class Dismissed
Laura Smith and Rebecca M. Redington
28 Race, Wealth, and Equality
Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro
29 What's Debt Got to Do with It?
Brett Williams
30 At the Elite Colleges
Peter Schmidt
31 Is the Near-Trillion-Dollar Student Loan Bubble About to Pop?
Sarah Jaffe
32 Students with Disabilities: Financial Aid Policy Issues
Thomas R. Wolanin
33 "Free" Labor: Past and Present Forms of Prison Labor
Whitney Benns
34 Wealth Inequality
Pew Research Center
Voices
35 Bonds of Sisterhood—Bonds of Oppression
Mary Romero
36 White Poverty: The Politics of Invisibility
bell hooks
37 The Laws That Sex Workers Really Want (TED Talk)
Juno Mac
38 Born on Third Base
Chuck Collins
39 Gentrification Will Drive My Uncle Out of His Neighborhood, and I Will Have Helped
Eric Rodriguez
Next Steps
40 How Occupy Wall Street Changes Everything
Sarah van Gelder
41 "Classism from Our Mouths" and "Tips from Working-Class Activists"
Betsy Leondar-Wright
42 Deep Thoughts about Class Privilege
Karen Pittelman and Resource Generation
43 Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work
National Domestic Workers Alliance
44 Charts from United for a Fair Economy
Section 4: Religious Oppression
Introduction
Maurianne Adams and Christopher MacDonald-Dennis
Context
45 America’s Changing Religious Landscape
Pew Research Center
46 Examples of Christian Privilege
Sam Killerman
47 Christian Privilege and the Promotion of "Secular" and Not-So "Secular" Mainline Christianity in Public Schooling and in the Larger Society
Warren J. Blumenfeld
48 Racing Religion
Moustafa Bayoumi
49 Precedents: The Destruction of the European Jews
Raul Hilberg
50 Maps—History of Anti-Semitism
Sir Martin Gilbert
51 "Working it Out" and "See You in Court"
Diana Eck
52 Native American Religious Liberty: Five Hundred Years After Columbus
Walter R. Echo-Hawk
53 Religious Freedom Advocates Are Divided over How to Address LGBT Rights
Kelsey Dallas
54 From Pearl Harbor to 9/11: Lessons from the Internment of Japanese American Buddhists
Duncan Ryûken Williams
55 A Somali Influx Unsettles Latino Meatpackers
Kirk Semple
Voices
56 Jews in the U.S.: Rising Costs of Whiteness
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
57 Oral History of Adam Fattah
Amna Ahmad
Oral History of Hagar Omran
Hoda Zawam
58 Modesto-Area Athiests Speak Up, Seek Tolerance
Sue Nowicki
59 Why Are You Atheists So Angry?
Greta Christina
Next Steps
60 Creating Identity-Safe Spaces on College Campuses for Muslim Students
Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Jasiyah Al-Amin
61 Guidelines for Christian Allies
Paul Kivel
62 Critical Reflections on the Interfaith Movement: A Social Justice Perspective
Sachi Edwards
Section 5: Sexism, Heterosexism, and Trans* Oppression
Introduction
D. Chase J. Catalano, Warren J. Blumenfeld, and Heather W. Hackman
Context
63 "Night to His Day": The Social Construction of Gender
Judith Lorber
64 Feminism: A Movement to End Sexist Oppression
bell hooks
65 Patriarchy, the System: An It, Not a He, a Them, Or an Us
Allan G. Johnson
66 Privilege
Devon W. Carbado
67 He Works, She Works, But What Different Impressions They Make
Gwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey
68 Generation LGBTQIA
Michael Schulman
69 Women & LGBT People Under Attack: 1930s & Now
Warren J. Blumenfeld
70 Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity
Michael S. Kimmel
71 Overcompensation Nation: It’s Time to Admit That Toxic Masculinity Drives Gun Violence
Amanda Marcotte
72 Introduction—How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States
Joanne Meyerowitz
73 The InterSEXion: A Vision for a Queer Progressive Agenda
Deepali Gokhale
74 Transmisogyny 101: What It Is and What Can We Do About It
Laura Kacere
75 Pansexual Visibility & Undoing Heteronormativity
Cameron Airen
76 Transgender Liberation
Susan Stryker
77 The Impact of Juvenile Court on Queer and Trans/Gender-Non-Conforming Youth
Wesley Ware
78 Feminism and Abolition: Theories and Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Angela Y. Davis
Voices
79 Bones
Lindy West
80 Men Explain Things to Me
Rebecca Solnit
81 Mutilating Gender
Dean Spade
82 Violence Against Women is a Men’s Issue
Jackson Katz
83 Trans Woman Manifesto
Julia Serano
84 Real Men and Pink Suits
Charles M. Blow
85 Mestiza/o Gender: Notes Towards a Transformative Masculinity
Daniel E. Solis y Martinez
86 Look! No, Don’t! The Invisibility Dilemma for Transsexual Men
Jamison Green
87 My Life as an Out Gay Person in Russia
Masha Gessen
Next Steps
88 Grassroots: Introduction
Winona LaDuke
89 National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) Statement on Healthcare for All
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
90 Becoming an Ally: A New Examination
Nancy J. Evans and Jaime Washington
91 Transgender Day of Remembrance: A Day to Honor the Dead and the Living
Shelby Chestnut
92 Unbowed: A Memoir
Wangari Maathai
93 Calling All Restroom Revolutionaries!
Simone Chess, Alisson Kafer, Jessi Quizar, and Mattie Udora Richardson
94 Why I Marched on Washington—With Zero Reservations
Rinku Sen
95 Getting to Why: Reflections on Accountability and Action for Men in Gender Justice Movements
Jamie Utt
Section 6: Ableism
Introduction
Benjamin Ostiguy-Finneran and Madeline L. Peters
Context
96 Struggle for Freedom: Disability Rights Movements
Willie V. Bryan
97 Immigration, Ethnicity, and the Ugly Law
Susan M. Schweik
98 Disability Does Not Discriminate: Toward a Theory of Multiple Identity Through Coalition
Zanita E. Fenton
99 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Leaves Scars "on the Inside," Iraq Veteran Says
Edward D. Murphy
100 Disability in the New World Order
Nirmala Erevelles
101 Disabled Behind Bars
Rebecca Vallas
102 The Silent Victims: Inmates with Learning Disabilities
Douglas P. Wilson
103 Go to the Margins of the Class: Disability and Hate Crimes
Lennard J. Davis
104 Why the Intersexed Shouldn’t Be Fixed: Insights from Queer Theory and Disability Studies
Sumi Colligan
105 Students with Disabilities Frustrated with Ignorance and Lack of Services
Allie Grasgreen
Voices
106 Understanding Deafness: Not Everyone Wants to Be "Fixed"
Allegra Ringo
107 How to Curse in Sign Language
Ashley and Deborah
108 On the Spectrum, Looking Out
Jess Watsky
109 What I’d Tell That Doctor
Jason Kingsley
Next Steps
110 Toward Ending Ableism in Education
Thomas Hehir
111 Facilitating Transitions to College for Students with Disabilities from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
Heather A. Oesterreich and Michelle G. Knight
112 Increasing Awareness: Language, Communication Strategies, and Universally Designed Environments
Karen A. Myers, Jaci Jenkins Lindburg, and Danielle M. Nied
113 Learning Disability Identity Development and Social Construct: A Two-Tiered Approach
Cheryl L. Howland and Eva Gibavic
114 Creating a Fragrance-Free Zone: A Friendly Atmosphere for People Living with Environmental Illness
Invisible Disabilities Advocate
115 Recognizing Ableist Beliefs and Practices and Taking Action as an Ally
Madeline L. Peters, Carmelita (Rosie) Castañeda, Larissa E. Hopkins, and Aquila McCants
Section 7: Youth Oppression and Elder Oppression
Introduction
Keri "Safire" DeJong and Barbara J. Love
Context
116 Understanding Adultism: A Key to Developing Positive Youth-Adult Relationships
John Bell
117 Terrorizing School Children in the American Police State
Henry A. Giroux
118 Police Make Life Hell for Youth of Color
Kathy Durkin
119 Ageism: Another Form of Bigotry
Robert N. Butler
120 Ageing with Disabilities: Ageism and More
Debra J. Sheets
121 Black Elderly
Center on Aging Studies, University of Missouri—Kansas City
Voices
122 From Keystone XL Pipeline to #DAPL: Jasilyn Charger, Water Protector from Cheyenne River Reservation
Amy Goodman and Jasilyn Charger
123 Elders Liberation Draft Policy Statement
Marge Larabee
124 People of Color Over Fifty
Dottie Curry
Next Steps
125 An Immediate End to the Criminalization and Dehumanization of Black Youth Across All Areas of Society Including, but Not Limited to, Our Nation’s Justice and Education Systems, Social Service Agencies, Media, and Pop Culture
Thena Robinson Mock, Ruth Jeannoel, Rachel Gilmer, Chelsea Fuller, Marbre Stahly Butts
126 Allies to Young People: Tips and Guidelines on How to Assist Young People to Organize
Jenny Sazama with help from teens in Boston
127 Taking a Stand Against Ageism at all Ages: A Powerful Coalition
Margaret M. Gullette
128 What Allies of Elders Can Do
Patricia Markee
129 Youth Oppression as a Technology of Colonialism: Conceptual Frameworks and Possibilities for Social Justice Education Praxis
Keri DeJong and Barbara J. Love
Section 8: Working for Social Justice: Visions and Strategies for Change
Introduction
Ximena Zúñiga
Context
130 Reflections on Liberation
Suzanne Pharr
131 Developing a Liberatory Consciousness
Barbara J. Love
132 Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender
Patricia Hill Collins
133 What Can We Do?
Allan G. Johnson
134 The Cycle of Liberation
Bobbie Harro
Voices
135 Courage
Cornel West
136 Allies
Gloria Anzaldúa
Next Steps
137 Social Struggle
Richard (Chip) Smith
138 Intergroup Dialogue: Critical Conversations about Difference and Social Justice
Ximena Zúñiga, Gretchen E. Lopez, and Kristie A. Ford
139 Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity
Chandra Talpade Mohanty
140 The Renaissance of Student Activism
Alia Wong
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