5th Edition
Readings for Diversity and Social Justice
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: A General Introduction
Section 1: Getting Started: Core Concepts for Social Justice Education
Introduction
Warren Blumenfeld, Barbara J. Love & Ximena Zúñiga
1.The Complexity of Identity: “Who Am I?”
Beverly Daniel Tatum
2.The Social Construction of Difference
Allan G. Johnson
3.The Cycle of Socialization [RDSJ4 version]
Bobbie Harro
4a.Theoretical Foundations of Social Justice Education
Lee Anne Bell
4b. Core Concepts of Social Justice Education
Maurianne Adams, Rani Varghese and Ximena Zúñiga
5. Five Faces of Oppression
Iris Marion Young
6. Developing a Liberatory Consciousness
Barbara J. Love
7. What is Intersectionality
Patricia Hill Collins and Sirma Bilge
8. Climate Justice Principles
Othering and Belonging Institute
Section 2: Racisms
Introduction
Mike S. Funk, Rani Varghese, and Ximena Zúñiga
Context
9. Defining Racism: “Can We Talk?”
Beverly Daniel Tatum
10. A Timeline of Racism in the United States
Miguel Zavala
11. The White Racial Frame: A Social Force
Joe R. Feagin & Kimberley Ducey
12. The Dakota Access Pipeline, Environmental Justice, and U.S. Colonialism
Kyle P. Whyte
13. Anti-Asian Racism, Black Lives matter, and COVID-19
Jennifer Ho
14. La conciencia de la mestiza: Towards a New Consciousness
Gloria Anzaldúa
15. The Legal Production of Immigrant “Illegality”
15b. Immigration Timeline
15c. Globalization and Immigration
Greg Prieto
Voices
16. Finding My Eye-dentity
Olivia Chung
17. Letter to My Son
Ta-Nehisi Coates
18. American Hijab: Why My Scarf Is A Sociopolitical Statement, Not A Symbol Of My Religiosity
Mariam Gomaa
19. My Tongue Is Divided into Two
Quique Avilés
20. Locating Myself in Purpose
Laura Quiros
21. My Class Didn’t Trump My Race: Using Oppression to Face Privilege
Robin J. DiAngelo
Next Steps
22. The Personal is Political
Richard (Chip) Smith
23. Unity and Solidarity
Alicia Garza
24. Critical Hope in the Context of Crisis
Jamila Lyiscott
Section 3: Classism
Introduction
Sailor Holladay and Larissa Hopkins
Context
25. How Capitalism Works
25b. Capitalism and Class
Allan Johnson
26. Class Dismissed
Laura Smith and Rebecca M. Redington
27. Race, Wealth, and Equality
Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro
28. Repairers of the Breach: Mapping the Intersections of Poverty, Race, and COVID-19
Poor People’s Campaign
29. At the Elite Colleges
Peter Schmidt
30. The Hidden Extra Cost of Living with a Disability
Sofie Mitra, Daniel Mont, Hoolda Kim, Michael Palmer, Nora Groce
31. Captive Labor
American Civil Liberties Union and The University of Chicago Law School Global Human Rights Clinic
Voices
32. It’s Hard to Be Hungry on Spring Break
Anthony Abraham Jack
33. Bonds of Sisterhood
Mary Romero
34. White Poverty: The Politics of Invisibility
bell hooks
35. Born on Third Base
Chuck Collins
36. Breonna Taylor and Gentrification: It’s No Mere Claim
Nishani Frazier
Next Steps
37. Resource Guide for Indigenous Solidarity Funding Projects: Honor Taxes and Real Rent Projects
Indigenous Solidarity Network, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust/Shuumi Land Tax, Real Rent Duwamish, & Manna-hatta Fund. (n.d.)
38. Deep Thoughts About Class and Privilege
Karen Pittelman and Resource Generation
39. Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work
National Domestic Workers Alliance
40. The Growing Divide Charts
United for a Fair Economy
Section 4: Religious Oppression
Introduction
Warren J. Blumenfeld, Abed Jaradat, Hind Mari, Christopher McDonald-Dennis, and Marcella Runell
Context
41. The Many Faces of Christian Nationalism
John D. Wilsey
42. Examples of Christian Privilege
Sam Killermann
43. Christian Privilege and the Promotion of “Secular” and Not-So “Secular” Mainline Christianity in Public Schooling and in the Larger Society
Warren J. Blumenfeld
44. Racing Religion
Moustafa Bayoumi
45. Maps — A History of Anti-Semitism
Sir Martin Gilbert
46. See You in Court
Diana Eck
47. Native American Religious Liberty: Five Hundred Years After Columbus
Walter R. Echo-Hawk
48. And Let the Church Say “Amen”: Racio-spiritual Re-membering as a Pedagogy of Healing
Jamila J. Lyiscott
Voices
49. Gen Z is Remixing Religion
Zaina Qureshi
50. What It’s Like Growing Up in the Evangelical Purity Movement
Alice Robb
51. Jews in the U.S.: The Rising Cost of Whiteness
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
52. Oral History of Adam Fattah
Amna Ahmad
52b. Oral History of Hagar Omran
Hoda Zawam
53. Not Wearing the Hijab Did Not Protect Me from Stereotypes
Hind Mari
54. Modesto-Area Atheists Speak Up, Seek Tolerance
Sue Nowicki
55. Why Are You Atheists So Angry?
Greta Christina
Next Steps
56. Creating Identity-Safe Spaces on College Campuses for Muslim Students
Na’ilah Suad Nasir and Jasiyah Al-Amin
57. Guidelines for Christian Allies
Paul Kivel
58. Critical Reflections on the Interfaith Movement: A Social Justice Perspective
Sachi Edwards
Section 5: Sexism, Heterosexism, & Trans Oppression
Introduction
D. Chase J. Catalano, Heather Hackman, Sy Simms, & Rachel Wagener
Context
59. Feminism: A Movement to End Sexist Oppression
bell hooks
60. How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States
Joanne Meyerowitz
61. One-Dimensional Queer
Roderick A. Ferguson
62. Indigenous Resurgence and Co-resistance
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
63. The InterSEXion: A Vision for a Queer Progressive Agenda
Deepali Gokhale
64. Bullying As Social Inequality
CJ Pascoe
65. Transmisogyny 101: What It Is and What Can We Do About It
Laura Kacere
66. Pansexual Visibility & Undoing Heteronormativity
Cameron Airen
67. How Overturning Roe Spreads the Gender-Based Violence Pandemic
Apryl A. Alexander and Emma Sower
68. Editorial: Is Masculinity Toxic?
Sam de Boise
69. Insiders/Outsiders, Reproductive (In)justice, and the U.S.-Mexico Border
Leandra Hinojosa Hernandez & Sarah De Los Santos Upton
70. The Impact of Juvenile Court on Queer and Trans/Gender-Non-Conforming Youth
Wesley Ware
71. Feminism and Abolition: Theories and Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Angela Y. Davis
Voices
72. Mutilating Gender
Dean Spade
73. Misogynoir Nearly Killed Meghan Markle
Moya Bailey
74. College Students, Sex Work, and Higher Education
TJ Stewart
75. Violence Against Women Is A Men’s Issue
Jackson Katz
76. Taking Up Space in the Doctor’s Office: How My Racialized Fat Body Confronts Medical Discourse
Sonia Meerai
77. The Unique Harm of Sexual Abuse in the Black Community
Jennifer M. Gómez
78. Mestiza/o Gender: Notes Towards a Transformative Masculinity
Daniel E. Solis y Martinez
79. Not Another Gender Binary: A Call
TJ Jourian & Z Nicolazzo
Next Steps
80. Ending Allies Through the Eradication of the Ally (Industrial) Complex
Dian D. Squire
81. Saying ‘Pregnant People’ Is Even More Critical Post-‘Roe’
Chris Barcelos
82. Getting to Why: Reflections on Accountability and Action for Men in Gender Justice Movements
Jamie Utt
83. Transgender Day of Remembrance: A Day to Honor the Dead and the Living
Shelby Chestnut
84. Calling All Restroom Revolutionaries!
Simone Chess, Alison Kafer, Jessi Quizar, and Mattie Udora Richardson
85. Why I Marched on Washington—With Zero Reservations
Rinku Sen
Section 6: Ableism
Introduction
Madeline L. Peters and Cat Milo Keatinge Bezark
Context
86. Disability in Higher Education
Nancy J. Evans, Ellen M. Broido, Kirsten R. Brown, Autumn K. Wilke
87. Disability in the New World Order
Nirmala Erevelles
88. Go to the Margins of the Class
Lennard J. Davis
89. Disabled Behind Bars
Rebecca Vallas
90. Students with Disabilities
Allie Grasgreen
91. Skin, Tooth, and Bone (excerpt 1)
Patty Berne & Sin Invalid
Voices
92. The isolation of being deaf in prison
Jeremy Woody
93. Post-Traumatic Stress
Edward D. Murphy
94. On the Spectrum, Looking Out
Jess Watsky
95. I’m tired of chasing a cure
Liz Moore & Alice Wong
96. Brilliant Imperfection, moving through cure
Eli Clare
Next Steps
97. Recognizing Ableist Beliefs
Madeline L. Peters, Carmelita (Rosie) Castañeda, Larissa E. Hopkins, and Aquila McCants
98. Learning Disability Identity Development
Cheryl L. Howland and Eva Gibavic
99. Inclusive Teaching Strategies for Promoting Equity in College Classrooms
Katherine Hogan & Vijiy Sathy
100. Inclusive Online and Distance Education for Learners with Disabilities
Michael Rice & Laura Dun
101. Care Work
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
102. Skin, Tooth, and Bone (excerpt 2)
Patty Berne & Sin Invalid
Section 7: Youth & Elder Oppression
Introduction
Keri “Safire” DeJong and Barbara J. Love
Context
103. Understanding Adultism: A Key to Developing Positive Youth-Adult Relationships
John Bell
104. Young People Deserve Police-Free Schools: Building the Foundation of Liberation
Maria C. Fernandez and Jonathan Stith
105. Black Lifetimes Matter: How Systemic Racism Shapes the Lives of Black Elders and Youth
Elizabeth Dugan, Frank Porell, Nina Silverstein, and Chae Man Lee
106. Power and Social Control of Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Centering Equity in Crisis Response
Myra Gayle Gabriel, Aishia Brown, Maria León, & Corliss Outley
Voices
107. Adultism and Its Impact on Youth and Adult Spaces: A Youth-Led Panel Discussion
Ashley Hare
108. The Crucial Role of Indigenous Elders as Knowledge-Keepers in Resistance Movements
Doreen Spence
Next Steps
109. An Immediate End of 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, and Marbre Stahly Butts
110. Disrupting Adultism in the Climate Change Conversation
Rejuvenate
111. Taking a Stand Against Ageism at All Ages: A Powerful Coalition
Margaret Morganroth Gullette
112. What Allies of Elders Can Do
Patricia Markee
113. Youth Oppression and Social Justice Education Praxis
Keri DeJong & Barbara J. Love
Section 8: Working for Social Justice: Visions and Strategies for Change
Introduction
Tania D. Mitchell & Ximena Zúñiga
114. Reflections on Liberation
Suzanne Parr
115. Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender
Patricia Hill Collins
116. What Can We Do?
Allan G. Johnson
117. The Cycle of Liberation
Bobbie Harro
118. What is Emergent Strategy?
adrienne maree brown
119. The Four Lies about Social Change
Shawn Ginwright
Voices
120. Courage
Cornel West
121. The Welder
Cherrie Moraga
Next Steps
122. Vision-Driven Justice
Jamila Lyiscott
123.These Are the Times to Grow Our Souls
Grace Lee Boggs with Scott Kurashige
124. Intergroup Dialogue: Critical Conversations about Difference and Justice
Ximena Zúñiga, Gretchen E. Lopez, and Kristie A. Ford
125. Othering and Belonging Institute
Coalitions: Visions, Bridging, Belonging
Permissions Acknowledgements and Citations
About the Contributors
Biography
Maurianne Adams was Professor Emerita, Social Justice in Education Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Warren J. Blumenfeld was Associate Professor, School of Education, Iowa State University.
D. Chase J. Catalano is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Virginia Tech.
Keri "Safire" DeJong is a social justice and equity specialist at the Collaborative for Educational Services.
Michael Sean Funk is Clinical Associate Professor, Department Chair: Administration, Leadership, and Technology at New York University.
Heather W. Hackman is the Founder and CEO of Hackman Consulting Group. Larissa E. Hopkins is the director of Accessibility Services at Amherst College.
Larissa E. Hopkins is Director of the Strategic Learning Center at Amherst College.
Barbara J. Love is Professor Emeritus, Social Justice Education, College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Madeline L. Peters is a nationally recognized disability advocate with and former Director of Disability Services at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and several other colleges.
