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Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Maurianne Adams
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 Anzaldua, Michelle Fine, Gloria Steinem, Richard Rodriguez, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Michael Kimmel, Patricia Hill Collins and many other distinguished scholars.
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| Excellent quality / timely |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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The book was in excellent condition and arrived in a timely manner ... Along with an excellent price ... I would buy more from this seller!
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| Excellent book! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This is a great book and tells various stories about social justice and diversity issues. It educates and informs. It's a great compliment to Teaching for Diversity & Social Justice.
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| Like Discovering The Meaning of Life While Strapped to a Soggy Sofa |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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I haven't read the whole thing, but I consider myself well-versed on how writing should go.
First off, what it addresses and brings up is wonderful. Fantastic. Fourth of July Fireworks Fabulantasticoso, but the writing is on par with lethal injection.
This huge chunk of a book could probably be summed up in 1/2 its size. The writing ALWAYS has to be politically correct, and so each time they mention something, it's got to be a whole list of "ism"s. And each chapter's intro and vague descriptions are basically copied and pasted, just with the change of "racism" to "sexism" or "genderism," etc.
It'd fare far better if it was more concise and focused on stories rather than on ranting dully. I've never met a text so thick and boring in my entire life. So MANY BIG words!! So complex and complicated - why can't the just make it simple and easy to read? It's so much more humbler. THEN you'll be getting at your audience better.
I think this is just PERPETUATING that fear that most people have about discussing social issues: it's wordy, dull, filled with "terms," people just lecture at you and you can't even listen. What should be the focus is sharing experiences and stories - because that's really what's at the heart of social justice.
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| In depth and interesting |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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I read this book as a part of a diversity course in graduate school. The book is unique in that it includes individual articles from various authors on a great deal of subjects related to diversity. I enjoyed the deeper and more 'readable' accounts of the articles in the book.
The only negative of the book is that it is more of a survey piece than a practical guide. It would have to be supplimented by a real text with practical tips to be used effectively for training practitioners.
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| Good information ~very readable! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This book was very comprehensive and also very readable. This was not a boring textbook at all. Many of the reading helped me to see things in a different light.
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