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This is the new edition of the award-winning guide to social justice education. Based on the authors' extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the book addresses the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. This comprehensive resource includes new features such as a chapter on intersectionality and classism; discussion of contemporary activism (Black Lives Matter, Occupy, and Idle No More); material on White Settler societies and colonialism; pedagogical supports related to "common social patterns" and "vocabulary to practice using"; and extensive updates throughout. Accessible to students from high school through graduate school, Is Everyone Really Equal? is a detailed and engaging textbook and professional development resource presenting the key concepts in social justice education. The text includes many user-friendly features, examples, and vignettes to not just define but illustrate the concepts. Book Features:Definition Boxes that define key terms.Stop Boxes to remind readers of previously explained ideas. Perspective Check Boxes to draw attention to alternative standpoints.Discussion Questions and Extension Activities for using the book in a class, workshop, or study group.A Glossary of terms and guide to language use.

This is the long-awaited third edition of the bestselling, multi-award–winning introduction to foundational concepts in social justice education. Accessible to students from high school through graduate school, this comprehensive resource addresses the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. In response to the deep divides in public discourse, this edition provides a framework for reaching common ground on issues of justice within a pluralistic democracy.The authors have updated statistics, research, and examples, and revised discussion questions and extension activities to guide classroom dialogue and engagement with today’s complex issues. New topics include the science of sex and gender, and the political backlash against equity and racial justice efforts. The authors trace the roots of white supremacy globally in the history of colonialism. Concepts such as oligarchy, kleptocracy, and capitalism’s relationship to democracy are introduced and discussed.Is Everyone Really Equal? is an up-to-date and engaging textbook and professional development resource that includes many user-friendly features, examples, vignettes, and activities to not just define but illustrate key concepts.Book Features:User-friendly features such as accessible language, “definition boxes” to reinforce concepts, “perspective checks” to acknowledge multiple viewpoints, and “stop boxes” that anticipate and address common points of resistance.A glossary that includes an explanation of social justice language and its complexities and changes over time.Discussion questions, extension activities, and exercises for book groups and classroom study.An accessible resource for instructors in disciplines including education, sociology, political science, criminal justice, nursing, social work, health sciences, gender and sexuality studies, and race and ethnic studies in the United States and Canada.

This is the long-awaited third edition of the bestselling, multi-award–winning introduction to foundational concepts in social justice education. Accessible to students from high school through graduate school, this comprehensive resource addresses the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. In response to the deep divides in public discourse, this edition provides a framework for reaching common ground on issues of justice within a pluralistic democracy.The authors have updated statistics, research, and examples, and revised discussion questions and extension activities to guide classroom dialogue and engagement with today’s complex issues. New topics include the science of sex and gender, and the political backlash against equity and racial justice efforts. The authors trace the roots of white supremacy globally in the history of colonialism. Concepts such as oligarchy, kleptocracy, and capitalism’s relationship to democracy are introduced and discussed.Is Everyone Really Equal? is an up-to-date and engaging textbook and professional development resource that includes many user-friendly features, examples, vignettes, and activities to not just define but illustrate key concepts.Book Features:User-friendly features such as accessible language, “definition boxes” to reinforce concepts, “perspective checks” to acknowledge multiple viewpoints, and “stop boxes” that anticipate and address common points of resistance.A glossary that includes an explanation of social justice language and its complexities and changes over time.Discussion questions, extension activities, and exercises for book groups and classroom study.An accessible resource for instructors in disciplines including education, sociology, political science, criminal justice, nursing, social work, health sciences, gender and sexuality studies, and race and ethnic studies in the United States and Canada.