Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: An Anthology on Racism, Sexism, Anti-Semitism, Heterosexism, Classism, and Ableism

  Author:    Ronald Takaki, Michael Omi, Maurianne Adams, Warren J. Blumenfeld, Carmelita Rose Castaneda, Heather W. Hackman, Ximena Zuniga, Iris Marion Young, Stephanie M. Wildman, Adrienne D. Davis
  ISBN:    0415926343
  Sales Rank:    22457
  Published:    2000-08
  Publisher:    Falmer Press
  # Pages:    496
  Binding:    Paperback
  Avg. Rating:    4.0 based on 8 reviews
  Used Offers:    29 from $33.56
  Amazon Price:    $35.95
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Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: An Anthology on Racism, Sexism, Anti-Semitism, Heterosexism, Classism, and Ableism
  
The first reader to cover the scope of oppressions in America, Readings for Diversity and Social Justice covers six thematic issues: racism, sexism, Anti-Semitism, heterosexism, classism, and ableism. The reader contains a mix of short personal and theoretical essays as well as entries designed to challenge students to take action to end oppressive behavior and to affirm diversity and racial justice. Each thematic section is broken down into three divisions: Contexts; Personal Voices; and Next Steps and Action. The selections include over 90 essays from some of the foremost names in the field-bell hooks, Cornel West, Michael Omi, Iris Marion Young, Gloria Anzaldúa, Michelle Fine, Gloria Steinem, Richard Rodriguez, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Michael Kimmel, Patricia Hill Collins and many other distinguished scholars.
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06-16-08 4 0\1
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Good collection of writings on these issues. I had this as a text for a course I took and I thought it was a good book--rare for a textbook.
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09-18-07 1 0\5
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My son was assigned this book in a Christian High School. It is anti-Christian, anti-White Heterosexual Men, it is blashpemy against the Christian Church and goes so far as to strongly suggest that Jesus was a homosexual because he had intimate relationships with 12 men. It is a book full of hate for Christians, Capitalists and the white race. There is no balance and absolutely no statistics for the broad sweeping generalizations it makes.
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09-03-07 5 1\2
(Hide Review...)  Culturally Congruent
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This book is offers such a diverse amount of information about various group populations. The only group it doesn't touch on is Ageism, but it is great for gaining inorfation from individuals who have been oppressed or discriminated in some way. Great for anyone interested in learning about diverse populations.
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10-29-06 5 5\5
(Hide Review...)  Great Anthology on Oppression and Liberation
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I found this book to be a fabulous accompaniment to the Teaching for Social Justice and Diversity book. It succeeds in trying to cover an extremely broad subject area.
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10-28-06 5 2\2
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I found this book to be a fabulous accompaniment to the Teaching for Social Justice and Diversity book. It succeeds in trying to cover an extremely broad subject area.
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06-11-06 1 2\15
(Hide Review...)  Are You Guilty of Commiting an -ism?
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If you are white, you need to read this book to find out how evil your are. Then, you can begin deconstructing your whiteness.

If you are a person of color, you need to read this book to find out how helpless you are. Those evil crackers have been oppressing you, and you didn't even know it. It's time to get angry and play identity politics. You are not an individual, but the member of a tribe.

Gender, race and class determine everything from how you butter your toast in the morning to the direction the wind is blowing on any given day. I swear.

I read this book on my way to getting a California teaching credential and, while reading it, underwent an epiphany of Krakatoan proportions: We have met the enemy, and he is us.

Now go forth and conquer your -isms and everybody else's. You'll find that the feeling of moral superiority is quite heady. Ciao.
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03-01-06 3 1\1
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Book is a collection of narratives from perspectives of each diverse group. Not a joy to read, but not bad for a college text either. Personally I would much rather read short narratives than long and boring texts.
However, the multicultural agenda is really what this is book is all about. Some readings are offensive; generalities are made and stir some controversy in and out of the classroom.
I rated it 3 stars because it is not as bad as most multicultural texts from other classes.
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09-29-05 5 0\5
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The servise was nothing short of what I expected. Thank you very much. I needed it for a class and I got the books woth time to spare.
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07-28-05 5 1\3
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This book is a great resource for readings on diversity. I'm always looking for articles to start discussion with others and prompt thoughts of my own. This book has articles on many topics from a variety of perspectives. It is also organized based on identity and also on aspect of social justice education (i.e. indexed as heterosexism and also privilege). I highly recommend it and its companion "teaching for diversity and social justice."
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01-20-05 4 2\7
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I used this book in a class on "social diversity" that I took some time ago.

It's easy for people to claim that they are simply free from discrimination and prejudice, but everyone has something to learn from this collection of diverse readings.
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