Readings for Diversity and Social Justice

"Table of Intersections Acknowledgements Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: A General Introduction Section 1: Getting Started: Core Concepts for Social Justice Education Introduction Maurianne Adams 1 The Complexity of Identity: ""Who Am I?"" Beverly Daniel Tatum 2 Identities and Social Locations: Who Am I? Who Are My People Gwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey 3 The Social Construction of Difference Allan G. Johnson 4 Microaggressions, Marginality, and Oppression: An Introduction Derald Wing Sue 5 The Cycle of Socialization Bobbie Harro 6 Theoretical Foundations Lee Anne Bell Core Concepts for Social Justice Education Maurianne Adams and Ximena Zúñiga 7 Five Faces of Oppression Iris Marion Young 8 Intersectionality Revisited Patricia Hill Collins and Sirma Bilge Section 2: Racism Introduction Mike Funk, Rani Varghese, and Ximena Zúñiga Context 9 Defining Racism: ‘Can We Talk?’ Beverly Daniels Tatum 10 A Different Mirror Ronald Takaki 11 This Land Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 12 The Possessive Investment in Whiteness George Lipsitz 13 Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy: Rethinking Women of Color Organizing Andrea Smith 14 La consciencia de la mestiza: Toward a New Consciousness Gloria Anzaldua 15 Patrolling Racial Borders: Discrimination Against Mixed Race People Heather Dalmage 16 Selected Reports National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Voices 17 Finding My Eye-dentity Olivia Chung 18 Identification Pleas Eric Gansworth 19 American Hijab: Why My Scarf Is A Sociopolitical Statement, Not A Symbol Of My Religiosity Mariam Gomaa 20 My Tongue is Divided into Two Quique Aviles 21 Letter to My Son Ta-Nehisi Coates 22 My Class Didn’t Trump My Race: Using Oppression to Face Privilege Robin J. DiAngelo Next Steps 23 Women, Race, and Racism: A Dialogue in Black and White Andrea Ayvazian and Beverly Daniel Tatum 24 Forging El Mundo Zurdo: Changing Ourselves, Changing the World AnaLouise Keating 25 The Personal Is Political Richard (Chip) Smith Section 3: Classism Introduction Maurianne Adams, Larissa E. Hopkins, and Davey Shlasko Context 26 Class in America Gregory Mantsios 27 Class Dismissed Laura Smith and Rebecca M. Redington 28 Race, Wealth, and Equality Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro 29 What's Debt Got to Do with It? Brett Williams 30 At the Elite Colleges Peter Schmidt 31 Is the Near-Trillion-Dollar Student Loan Bubble About to Pop? Sarah Jaffe 32 Students with Disabilities: Financial Aid Policy Issues Thomas R. Wolanin 33 ""Free"" Labor: Past and Present Forms of Prison Labor Whitney Benns 34 Wealth Inequality Pew Research Center Voices 35 Bonds of Sisterhood—Bonds of Oppression Mary Romero 36 White Poverty: The Politics of Invisibility bell hooks 37 The Laws That Sex Workers Really Want (TED Talk) Juno Mac 38 Born on Third Base Chuck Collins 39 Gentrification Will Drive My Uncle Out of His Neighborhood, and I Will Have Helped Eric Rodriguez Next Steps 40 How Occupy Wall Street Changes Everything Sarah van Gelder 41 ""Classism from Our Mouths"" and ""Tips from Working-Class Activists"" Betsy Leondar-Wright 42 Deep Thoughts about Class Privilege Karen Pittelman and Resource Generation 43 Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work National Domestic Workers Alliance 44 Charts from United for a Fair Economy Section 4: Religious Oppression Introduction Maurianne Adams and Christopher MacDonald-Dennis Context 45 America’s Changing Religious Landscape Pew Research Center 46 Examples of Christian Privilege Sam Killerman 47 Christian Privilege and the Promotion of ""Secular"" and Not-So ""Secular"" Mainline Christianity in Public Schooling and in the Larger Society Warren J. Blumenfeld 48 Racing Religion Moustafa Bayoumi 49 Precedents: The Destruction of the European Jews Raul Hilberg 50 Maps—History of Anti-Semitism Sir Martin Gilbert 51 ""Working it Out"" and ""See You in Court"" Diana Eck 52 Native American Religious Liberty: Five Hundred Years After Columbus Walter R. Echo-Hawk 53 Religious Freedom Advocates Are Divided over How to Address LGBT Rights Kelsey Dallas 54 From Pearl Harbor to 9/11: Lessons from the Internment of Japanese American Buddhists Duncan Ryûken Williams 55 A Somali Influx Unsettles Latino Meatpackers Kirk Semple Voices 56 Jews in the U.S.: Rising Costs of Whiteness Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz 57 Oral History of Adam Fattah Amna Ahmad Oral History of Hagar Omran Hoda Zawam 58 Modesto-Area Athiests Speak Up, Seek Tolerance Sue Nowicki 59 Why Are You Atheists So Angry? Greta Christina Next Steps 60 Creating Identity-Safe Spaces on College Campuses for Muslim Students Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Jasiyah Al-Amin 61 Guidelines for Christian Allies Paul Kivel 62 Critical Reflections on the Interfaith Movement: A Social Justice Perspective Sachi Edwards Section 5: Sexism, Heterosexism, and Trans* Oppression Introduction D. Chase J. Catalano, Warren J. Blumenfeld, and Heather W. Hackman Context 63 ""Night to His Day"": The Social Construction of Gender Judith Lorber 64 Feminism: A Movement to End Sexist Oppression bell hooks 65 Patriarchy, the System: An It, Not a He, a Them, Or an Us Allan G. Johnson 66 Privilege Devon W. Carbado 67 He Works, She Works, But What Different Impressions They Make Gwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey 68 Generation LGBTQIA Michael Schulman 69 Women & LGBT People Under Attack: 1930s & Now Warren J. Blumenfeld 70 Masculinity as Homophobia: Fear, Shame, and Silence in the Construction of Gender Identity Michael S. Kimmel 71 Overcompensation Nation: It’s Time to Admit That Toxic Masculinity Drives Gun Violence Amanda Marcotte 72 Introduction—How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States Joanne Meyerowitz 73 The InterSEXion: A Vision for a Queer Progressive Agenda Deepali Gokhale 74 Transmisogyny 101: What It Is and What Can We Do About It Laura Kacere 75 Pansexual Visibility & Undoing Heteronormativity Cameron Airen 76 Transgender Liberation Susan Stryker 77 The Impact of Juvenile Court on Queer and Trans/Gender-Non-Conforming Youth Wesley Ware 78 Feminism and Abolition: Theories and Practices for the Twenty-First Century Angela Y. Davis Voices 79 Bones Lindy West 80 Men Explain Things to Me Rebecca Solnit 81 Mutilating Gender Dean Spade 82 Violence Against Women is a Men’s Issue Jackson Katz 83 Trans Woman Manifesto Julia Serano 84 Real Men and Pink Suits Charles M. Blow 85 Mestiza/o Gender: Notes Towards a Transformative Masculinity Daniel E. Solis y Martinez 86 Look! No, Don’t! The Invisibility Dilemma for Transsexual Men Jamison Green 87 My Life as an Out Gay Person in Russia Masha Gessen Next Steps 88 Grassroots: Introduction Winona LaDuke 89 National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) Statement on Healthcare for All National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health 90 Becoming an Ally: A New Examination Nancy J. Evans and Jaime Washington 91 Transgender Day of Remembrance: A Day to Honor the Dead and the Living Shelby Chestnut 92 Unbowed: A Memoir Wangari Maathai 93 Calling All Restroom Revolutionaries! Simone Chess, Alisson Kafer, Jessi Quizar, and Mattie Udora Richardson 94 Why I Marched on Washington—With Zero Reservations Rinku Sen 95 Getting to Why: Reflections on Accountability and Action for Men in Gender Justice Movements Jamie Utt Section 6: Ableism Introduction Benjamin Ostiguy-Finneran and Madeline L. Peters Context 96 Struggle for Freedom: Disability Rights Movements Willie V. Bryan 97 Immigration, Ethnicity, and the Ugly Law Susan M. Schweik 98 Disability Does Not Discriminate: Toward a Theory of Multiple Identity Through Coalition Zanita E. Fenton 99 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Leaves Scars ""on the Inside,"" Iraq Veteran Says Edward D. Murphy 100 Disability in the New World Order Nirmala Erevelles 101 Disabled Behind Bars Rebecca Vallas 102 The Silent Victims: Inmates with Learning Disabilities Douglas P. Wilson 103 Go to the Margins of the Class: Disability and Hate Crimes Lennard J. Davis 104 Why the Intersexed Shouldn’t Be Fixed: Insights from Queer Theory and Disability Studies Sumi Colligan 105 Students with Disabilities Frustrated with Ignorance and Lack of Services Allie Grasgreen Voices 106 Understanding Deafness: Not Everyone Wants to Be ""Fixed"" Allegra Ringo 107 How to Curse in Sign Language Ashley and Deborah 108 On the Spectrum, Looking Out Jess Watsky 109 What I’d Tell That Doctor Jason Kingsley Next Steps 110 Toward Ending Ableism in Education Thomas Hehir 111 Facilitating Transitions to College for Students with Disabilities from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds Heather A. Oesterreich and Michelle G. Knight 112 Increasing Awareness: Language, Communication Strategies, and Universally Designed Environments Karen A. Myers, Jaci Jenkins Lindburg, and Danielle M. Nied 113 Learning Disability Identity Development and Social Construct: A Two-Tiered Approach Cheryl L. Howland and Eva Gibavic 114 Creating a Fragrance-Free Zone: A Friendly Atmosphere for People Living with Environmental Illness Invisible Disabilities Advocate 115 Recognizing Ableist Beliefs and Practices and Taking Action as an Ally Madeline L. Peters, Carmelita (Rosie) Castañeda, Larissa E. Hopkins, and Aquila McCants Section 7: Youth Oppression and Elder Oppression Introduction Keri ""Safire"" DeJong and Barbara J. Love Context 116 Understanding Adultism: A Key to Developing Positive Youth-Adult Relationships John Bell 117 Terrorizing School Children in the American Police State Henry A. Giroux 118 Police Make Life Hell for Youth of Color Kathy Durkin 119 Ageism: Another Form of Bigotry Robert N. Butler 120 Ageing with Disabilities: Ageism and More Debra J. Sheets 121 Black Elderly Center on Aging Studies, University of Missouri—Kansas City Voices 122 From Keystone XL Pipeline to #DAPL: Jasilyn Charger, Water Protector from Cheyenne River Reservation Amy Goodman and Jasilyn Charger 123 Elders Liberation Draft Policy Statement Marge Larabee 124 People of Color Over Fifty Dottie Curry Next Steps 125 An Immediate End to the Criminalization and Dehumanization of Black Youth Across All Areas of Society Including, but Not Limited to, Our Nation’s Justice and Education Systems, Social Service Agencies, Media, and Pop Culture Thena Robinson Mock, Ruth Jeannoel, Rachel Gilmer, Chelsea Fuller, Marbre Stahly Butts 126 Allies to Young People: Tips and Guidelines on How to Assist Young People to Organize Jenny Sazama with help from teens in Boston 127 Taking a Stand Against Ageism at all Ages: A Powerful Coalition Margaret M. Gullette 128 What Allies of Elders Can Do Patricia Markee 129 Youth Oppression as a Technology of Colonialism: Conceptual Frameworks and Possibilities for Social Justice Education Praxis Keri DeJong and Barbara J. Love Section 8: Working for Social Justice: Visions and Strategies for Change Introduction Ximena Zúñiga Context 130 Reflections on Liberation Suzanne Pharr 131 Developing a Liberatory Consciousness Barbara J. Love 132 Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender Patricia Hill Collins 133 What Can We Do? Allan G. Johnson 134 The Cycle of Liberation Bobbie Harro Voices 135 Courage Cornel West 136 Allies Gloria Anzaldúa Next Steps 137 Social Struggle Richard (Chip) Smith 138 Intergroup Dialogue: Critical Conversations about Difference and Social Justice Ximena Zúñiga, Gretchen E. Lopez, and Kristie A. Ford 139 Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity Chandra Talpade Mohanty 140 The Renaissance of Student Activism Alia Wong Permissions Acknowledgements and Citations About the Contributors"