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Series Foreword | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Preface | |
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What is "Critical Social Justice"? | |
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Chapter Summaries | |
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Prologue | |
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A Parable: Hodja and the Foreigner | |
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Layers of the Parable | |
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Critical Thinking and Critical Theory | |
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Two Dimensions of Thinking Critically About Knowledge | |
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A Brief Overview of Critical Theory | |
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Why Theory Matters | |
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Knowledge Construction | |
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Example of Knowledge as Socially Constructed | |
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Thinking Critically About Opinions | |
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Socialization | |
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What Is Socialization? | |
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Cultural Norms and Conformity | |
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"You" in Relation to the "Groups" to Which You Belong | |
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Prejudice and Discrimination | |
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Prejudice | |
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Discrimination | |
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All Humans Have Prejudice and Discriminate | |
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Oppression and Power | |
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What Is Oppression? | |
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Social Stratification | |
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Understanding the "isms" | |
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Internalized Dominance | |
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Internalized Oppression | |
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Hegemony, Ideology, and Power | |
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Privilege | |
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What Is Privilege? | |
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External and Structural Dimensions of Privilege | |
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Internal and Attitudinal Dimensions of Privilege | |
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Common Dominant Group Misconceptions About Privilege | |
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The Invisibility of Oppression | |
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What Is an Institution? | |
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An Example; Sexism Today | |
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What Makes Sexism Difficult to See? | |
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Discourses of Sexism in Advertising | |
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Discourses of Sexism in Movies | |
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Discourses of Sexism in Music Videos | |
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Racism | |
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What Is Race? | |
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A Brief History of the Social Construction of Race in the United States | |
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A Brief History of the Social Construction of Race in Canada | |
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What Is Racism? | |
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Two Key Challenges to Understanding Racism | |
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Racism Today | |
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Dynamics of White Racial Superiority | |
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Dynamics of Internalized Racial Oppression | |
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Racism and Intersectionality | |
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Racism as White Supremacy | |
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What is Whiteness? | |
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White Supremacy in the Global Context | |
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Common White Misconceptions about Racism | |
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Yeah, But..." Common Rebuttals | |
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Claiming That Schools Are Politically Neutral | |
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Dismissing Social Justice Scholarship as Merely the Radical and Personal Opinions of Individual "Left Wing" Professors | |
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Citing Exceptions to the Rule | |
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Arguing That Oppression Is Just "Human Nature" | |
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Appealing to a Universalized Humanity | |
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Insisting on Immunity from Socialization | |
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Ignoring Intersectionality | |
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Refusing to Recognize Structural and Institutional Power | |
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Rejecting the Politics of Language | |
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Invalidating Claims of Oppression as Over-Sensitivity | |
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Reasoning That If Choice Is Involved It Can't Be Oppression | |
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Positioning Social Justice Education as Something "Extra" | |
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Using Guilt to Excuse Inaction | |
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Putting It All Together | |
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Recognize How Relations of Unequal Social Power Are Constantly Being Negotiated | |
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Understand Our Own Positions Within Relations of Unequal Power | |
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Think Critically About Knowledge | |
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Act in Service of a More Just Society | |
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Appendix: How to Engage Constructively in Courses that take a Critical Social Justice Approach | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |
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Index | |
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About the Authors | |