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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 | |