Promoting Diversity and Social Justice: Educating People from Privileged GroupsSAGE, 2001 - 239 pages Annotation "Promoting Diversity and Social Justice provides theory, perspectives, and strategies that are useful for working with adults on diversity and social justice issues. This book offers educational and psychological perspectives to inform practice and increase options in addressing conflict situations. The first part of the book helps the educator understand the reasons for resistance and ways to prevent it. The second part explains how educators motivate dominant groups to support social justice." "This book is a resource for group facilitators, counselors, trainers in classrooms and workshops, professors, teachers, higher education personnel, community educators, and other diversity and equity education professionals."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
Contents
About Privileged Groups | 13 |
Perspectives on Individual Change and Development | 37 |
Understanding Resistance | 61 |
Preventing and Reducing Resistance | 79 |
The Costs of Oppression to People | 103 |
Why People From Privileged Groups | 125 |
Developing and Enlisting Support for Social Justice | 143 |
Issues for Educators | 169 |
Hope and Possibilities | 189 |
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