Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: An Anthology on Racism, Antisemitism, Sexism, Heterosexism, Ableism, and Classism,   ISBN:9780415926348

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The book was in excellent condition and arrived in a timely manner ... Along with an excellent price ... I would buy more from this seller!

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This is a great book and tells various stories about social justice and diversity issues. It educates and informs. It's a great compliment to Teaching for Diversity & Social Justice.

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I haven't read the whole thing, but I consider myself well-versed on how writing should go.

First off, what it addresses and brings up is wonderful. Fantastic. Fourth of July Fireworks Fabulantasticoso, but the writing is on par with lethal injection.

This huge chunk of a book could probably be summed up in 1/2 its size. The writing ALWAYS has to be politically correct, and so each time they mention something, it's got to be a whole list of "ism"s. And each chapter's intro and vague descriptions are basically copied and pasted, just with the change of "racism" to "sexism" or "genderism," etc.

It'd fare far better if it was more concise and focused on stories rather than on ranting dully. I've never met a text so thick and boring in my entire life. So MANY BIG words!! So complex and complicated - why can't the just make it simple and easy to read? It's so much more humbler. THEN you'll be getting at your audience better.

I think this is just PERPETUATING that fear that most people have about discussing social issues: it's wordy, dull, filled with "terms," people just lecture at you and you can't even listen. What should be the focus is sharing experiences and stories - because that's really what's at the heart of social justice.

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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.

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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.