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Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?

Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas

by Jessi Streib, Betsy Leondar-Wright ...

How can the judgment calls we make in everyday life create or help eradicate social inequality?Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Two questions that seem simple on their face, but which invite a host of tangled responses. In this book, Jessi Streib and Betsy Leondar-Wright offer a new way of understanding how inequalities persist by focusing on the individual judgment calls that lead us to decide what's ... Read more

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How can the judgment calls we make in everyday life create or help eradicate social inequality?Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Two questions that seem simple on their face, but which invite a host of tangled responses. In this book, Jessi Streib and Betsy Leondar-Wright offer a new way of understanding how inequalities persist by focusing on the individual judgment calls that lead us to decide what's
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Collaborating for Change

A Participatory Action Research Casebook

by Natalicia R. Tracy, Tim Sieber, Anne Phillips, Betsy Leondar-Wright, Lisa Marie Alatorre, Bilal Mafundi Ali, Jennifer Friedenbach, Chris Herring, TJ Johnston, Dilara Yarbrough, Peggy Kahn, Bill Hoynes, Jonathan Bix, Carl Wilmsen, Diane E. Bush, Victoria Breckwich Vásquez, Rich Heyman, Emily Timm, Pablo Alvarado, Chris Newman, Bliss Requa-Trautz, Nik Theodore, Teófilo L Reyes, Christina Fletes-Romo, Veronica Avila, Gretchen Purser, Kathleen Sexsmith, Fabiola Ortiz Valdez, Rebecca Fuentes, Carly Fox, David A Gadsby, Robert C Chidester, Leontina Hormel, Elliott Moffett, Julian Matthews, Lucinda Simpson, Chris Norden, Robert Elliott, Janne Underriner ...

Across the U.S. immigrants, laborers, domestic workers, low-income tenants, indigenous communities, and people experiencing homelessness are conducting research to fight for justice. Collaborating for Change: A Participatory Action Research Casebook documents the stories of a dozen community-based research projects. Academics and their partners share authorship about the importance of gathering ... Read more

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Across the U.S. immigrants, laborers, domestic workers, low-income tenants, indigenous communities, and people experiencing homelessness are conducting research to fight for justice. Collaborating for Change: A Participatory Action Research Casebook documents the stories of a dozen community-based research projects. Academics and their partners share authorship about the importance of gathering
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Missing Class

Strengthening Social Movement Groups by Seeing Class Cultures

by Betsy Leondar-Wright ...

Many activists worry about the same few problems in their groups: low turnout, inactive members, conflicting views on racism, overtalking, and offensive violations of group norms. But in searching for solutions to these predictable and intractable troubles, progressive social movement groups overlook class culture differences. Missing Class looks through a class lens and discovers that members ... Read more

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Many activists worry about the same few problems in their groups: low turnout, inactive members, conflicting views on racism, overtalking, and offensive violations of group norms. But in searching for solutions to these predictable and intractable troubles, progressive social movement groups overlook class culture differences. Missing Class looks through a class lens and discovers that members
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Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?

Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas

by Jessi Streib, Betsy Leondar-Wright ...

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Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Two questions that seem simple on their face, but which invite a host of tangled responses. Jessi Streib and Betsy Leondar-Wright offer a new way of understanding how inequalities persist by focusing on the individual judgment calls that lead us to decide what's racist, what's sexist, and what's not.Racism and sexism often seem like optical illusions, but the lines that ... Read more

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Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Two questions that seem simple on their face, but which invite a host of tangled responses. Jessi Streib and Betsy Leondar-Wright offer a new way of understanding how inequalities persist by focusing on the individual judgment calls that lead us to decide what's racist, what's sexist, and what's not.Racism and sexism often seem like optical illusions, but the lines that
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

And Other Conversations About Race

by Beverly Daniel Tatum ...

The classic, New York Times-bestselling book on the psychology of racism that shows us how to talk about race in America.“An unusually sensitive work about the racial barriers that still divide us in so many areas of life.” ―Jonathan Kozol, author of Amazing GraceWalk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own... ... Read more

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The classic, New York Times-bestselling book on the psychology of racism that shows us how to talk about race in America.“An unusually sensitive work about the racial barriers that still divide us in so many areas of life.” ―Jonathan Kozol, author of Amazing GraceWalk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own...
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We Have Never Been Woke

The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite

by Musa al-Gharbi ...

How a new “woke” elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status—without helping the marginalized and disadvantagedSociety has never been more egalitarian—in theory. Prejudice is taboo, and diversity is strongly valued. At the same time, social and economic inequality have exploded. In We Have Never Been Woke, Musa al-Gharbi argues that these trends are closely related, ... Read more

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How a new “woke” elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status—without helping the marginalized and disadvantagedSociety has never been more egalitarian—in theory. Prejudice is taboo, and diversity is strongly valued. At the same time, social and economic inequality have exploded. In We Have Never Been Woke, Musa al-Gharbi argues that these trends are closely related,
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On Critical Race Theory

Why It Matters & Why You Should Care

by Victor Ray ...

**What exactly is critical race theory? This concise and accessible exploration demystifies a crucial framework for understanding and fighting racial injustice in the United States.“A clear-eyed, expert field guide.”—Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom, author of Thick**From renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory explains the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how ... Read more

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**What exactly is critical race theory? This concise and accessible exploration demystifies a crucial framework for understanding and fighting racial injustice in the United States.“A clear-eyed, expert field guide.”—Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom, author of Thick**From renowned scholar Dr. Victor Ray, On Critical Race Theory explains the centrality of race in American history and politics, and how
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Seeing Others

How Recognition Works—and How It Can Heal a Divided World

by Michèle Lamont ...

“A thoughtful recipe for building social justice” (Kirkus Reviews) from acclaimed Harvard sociologist Michèle Lamont that makes the case for reexamining what we value—the quest for respect—in an age that has been defined by growing inequality and the obsolescence of the American dream.In this capstone work, Michèle Lamont unpacks the power of recognition—rendering others as visible and valued—by ... Read more

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“A thoughtful recipe for building social justice” (Kirkus Reviews) from acclaimed Harvard sociologist Michèle Lamont that makes the case for reexamining what we value—the quest for respect—in an age that has been defined by growing inequality and the obsolescence of the American dream.In this capstone work, Michèle Lamont unpacks the power of recognition—rendering others as visible and valued—by
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No More Police

A Case for Abolition

by Mariame Kaba, Andrea Ritchie ...

**An instant national best sellerA persuasive primer on police abolition from two veteran organizers**“One of the world’s most prominent advocates, organizers and political educators of the [abolitionist] framework.” —NBCNews.com on Mariame KabaIn this powerful call to action, New York Times bestselling author Mariame Kaba and attorney and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie detail why policing doesn’t ... Read more

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**An instant national best sellerA persuasive primer on police abolition from two veteran organizers**“One of the world’s most prominent advocates, organizers and political educators of the [abolitionist] framework.” —NBCNews.com on Mariame KabaIn this powerful call to action, New York Times bestselling author Mariame Kaba and attorney and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie detail why policing doesn’t
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Stay Woke

A People's Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter

by Tehama Lopez Bunyasi, Candis Watts Smith ...

The essential guide to understanding how racism and racial inequality shapes black lives—and a road-map for resistance for racial justice advocates."[ Stay Woke] will prove useful to anyone interested in seeing America strive to live up to its purported values of equality, liberty, and justice. . . . Refreshingly direct, comprehensive, inspirational, and unapologetically antiracist." ― Political ... Read more

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The essential guide to understanding how racism and racial inequality shapes black lives—and a road-map for resistance for racial justice advocates."[ Stay Woke] will prove useful to anyone interested in seeing America strive to live up to its purported values of equality, liberty, and justice. . . . Refreshingly direct, comprehensive, inspirational, and unapologetically antiracist." ― Political
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White Fragility

Why Understanding Racism Can Be So Hard for White People (Adapted for Young Adults)

by Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Toni Graves Williamson, Ali Michael ...

A reimagining of thebest-selling book that gives young adults the tools to ask questions, engage in dialogue, challenge their ways of thinking, and take action to create a more racially just world.“I was taught to treat everyone the same.” “I don’t see color.” “My parents voted for Obama.” When white people have the opportunity to think and talk about race and racism, they more often than not don ... Read more

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A reimagining of thebest-selling book that gives young adults the tools to ask questions, engage in dialogue, challenge their ways of thinking, and take action to create a more racially just world.“I was taught to treat everyone the same.” “I don’t see color.” “My parents voted for Obama.” When white people have the opportunity to think and talk about race and racism, they more often than not don
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Sociology For Dummies

by Jay Gabler ...

Understand how society works—and how to make it betterIt’s impossible to exist in the contemporary world without being aware that powerful social forces, ideas, and movements—#MeToo, climate change, and Black Lives Matter to name just a few—are having far-reaching impacts on how we think and live. But why are they happening? And what are their likely effects? The new edition of Sociology For ... Read more

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Understand how society works—and how to make it betterIt’s impossible to exist in the contemporary world without being aware that powerful social forces, ideas, and movements—#MeToo, climate change, and Black Lives Matter to name just a few—are having far-reaching impacts on how we think and live. But why are they happening? And what are their likely effects? The new edition of Sociology For
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