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Promoting Diversity and Social Justice
Educating People from Privileged Groups



October 2000 | 248 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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 an excellent resource for group faciliators, counsellors, trainers in classrooms and workshops, professors, teachers, higher education personnel, community educators, and other professionals involved with educating others about diversity and equity.
 
Introduction
 
About Privileged Groups
 
Perspectives on Individual Change and Development
 
Understanding Resistance
 
Preventing and Reducing Resistance
 
The Costs of Oppression to People from Privileged Groups
 
Why People from Privileged Groups Support Social Justice
 
Developing and Enlisting Support for Social Justice
 
Issues for Educators
 
Hope and Possibilities

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