Read Online Readings for Diversity and Social Justice Second Edition Maurianne Adams Warren Blumenfeld Carmelita Rosie Castañeda Heather W Hackman Madeline L Peters Ximena Zúñiga 9780415991407 Books

Product details Paperback 688 pages Publisher Routledge; 2 edition (January 22, 2010) Language English ISBN-10 0415991404

Readings for Diversity and Social Justice Second Edition Maurianne Adams Warren Blumenfeld Carmelita Rosie Castañeda Heather W Hackman Madeline L Peters Ximena Zúñiga 9780415991407 Books Reviews

• This is a text book for a (master's degree level) class I'm taking on problems that face human service providers. The readings are eye-opening! As I read, I am confronted by my own hidden 'prejudices'; ideas about groups or individuals that I didn't know I had. I challenge anyone who believes they have no biases to read this book; it will bring many of your own biases and beliefs to the surface for you to grapple with. This should be required reading in every American high school where it would really impact young people's thinking and perhaps change the face of discrimination.
• This book has many, many different stories and articles on diversity that cover almost every cultural group that is in the United States right now. It is well written and edited and I would highly recommend it to anyone studying diversity in psychology or sociology fields. Be careful though if you are being taught from an older edition. This one is the 2010 edition, right up to date and has new articles in it but some articles from older editions are not included. It's a great book and you needn't be a seasoned reader with tons of psycho-jargon in order to understand a single article. I can't recommend it enough.
• This was a great supplemental text in my multicultural counseling class. It dicusses real issues in todays world through the real stories of people who have struggled with injustice. The text covers a vast range of controversal issues throughout all the mini essays. I really enjoyed reading this text because every essay has a different voice, writing style and because the essays are real events that have occurred. Its a good eye opener.
• I receive the book Blaming the victim last week on the promise date that was listed when I ordered it thank you. I appreciated.
  M.A.
• I am student at the University of Virginia. I needed this textbook for my Social Justice movements seminar. The subject matter of the book was very interesting, but the only problem that I had was the fact that it was very repetitive. It was nice to read about certain topics that we often steer away from in general conversation. However, the author was very biased in her writing. Another thing that I did not like very much was the fact that the chapters were not at all condensed. Because the chapters are very long, it would have been nice to have a bit of a chapter review notes afterwards.
• This book was well laid out and I felt the articles were informative. I would have liked to have seen more articles on less controversial aspects of the chapter themes in addition to the many more heavily controversial ones. I also felt that this book touched only on US themes and would have liked to have seen a more global group of examples. This book gave the impression that diversity issues are all viewed from an American perspective. By opening it up to a more global viewpoint, I think students would be given more opportunities to rethink viable solutions.
• Wow!! Now I can articulate with personal accounts of others as well as my own experiences of systemic injustices so pervasive in our world. I have experienced a lot of the marginalization spoken of in the book, and my mind is becoming aware of injustices that others are experiencing that I was not aware of. I do want to voice one point of dissent though concerning the authors assertion that racism is only effected by the white majority to the minorities. In my opinion, this is incorrect, as I have personally experienced a lot of racism directed toward me mostly from black people. It is my belief that we need to hold everyone to account and not gloss over racism of all parties versus the perceived dominant race.
• Ok, so I wouldn't have bought this book if it had not been required for a class. That doesn't mean it wasn't incredibly helpful! The professor only required about half the book be read and I'm holding onto it after the class so I had finish the parts we skipped. An interesting read with many article options.
  
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