Privilege A Reader

Name: Privilege A Reader
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ISBN: 9780813348711

ISBN-10: 0813348714

ISBN-13: 9780813348711

Edition: 3rd 1999

Authors: Michael S. Kimmel, Abby L. Ferber

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Privilege is about more than being white, wealthy, and male—as Michael Kimmel, Abby Ferber, and a wide range of contributors make clear in this innovative and timely anthology. In an era when “diversity” is too often shorthand for “of color” and/or “female,” the personal and analytical essays in this collection explore the multifaceted nature of social location and consider how gender, class, race, sexual orientation, (dis)ability and religion interact to create nuanced layers of privilege and oppression. The individual essays are powerfully thought-provoking; taken together, they help guide students to a deep understanding of the dynamics of diversity and stratification, advantage and…

Book details

List price: $52.50
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Avalon Publishing
Publication date: 7/30/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.07" wide x 8.95" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Toward a Sociology of the Superordinate




Making Privilege Visible



White Privilege and Male Privilege




The Black Male Privileges Checklist




The Invisible Crutch




10 Myths About Legacy Preferences in College Admissions




The Heterosexual Questionnaire




Top Ten Differences Between White Terrorists and Others



Discussion Questions and Activities




Understanding Privilege



Privilege, Power, Difference, and Us




Hiring Quotas for White Males Only




Becoming 100 Percent Straight




White-Blindness: The Dominant-Group Experience




Class: Still Alive and Reproducing in the United States




The Everyday Impact of Christian Hegemony



Discussion Questions and Activities




Intersections: The Complicated Reality



Seeing Privilege Where It Isn't: Marginalized Masculinities and the Intersectionality of Privilege




Class and Race: The New Black Elite




How Gay Stays White and What Kind of White It Stays




Questioning Privilege from Within the Special Education Process, by Janet Sauer and Heather Powers Albanesi


Discussion Questions and Activities




Making New Connections



Whiter Shades of Pale: On the Plurality of Whitenesses




We Aren't Just Color-Blind, We Are Oppression-Blind!




Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection




Winning Hearts and Minds, by Mark R. Warren


Discussion Questions and Activities



Index