Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: An Anthology on Racism, Antisemitism, Sexism, Heterosexism, Ableism, and Classism

Editorial Review:

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.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

In depth and interesting:

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.

Good information ~very readable!:

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.

Thoroughly explained - Excellent book:

I read this book cover to cover.
There is so much history in the book, well explained, it made me see how far back we have have been dealing with injustice across the world.
Prejudice, discrimination, oppression in all it's forms throughout the ages, including issues related to race, religion, gender and more. Every chapter is bringing historical facts making us realize how we are the way we are, and how we can learn to change this behavior.
Learning the roots of the problems is key, and this... more info

Readings for Diversity:

Excellent Reading. I am teaching a graduate level Human Diversity course and my students love the book. This book is also an excellent discussion starter.

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