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| Series Foreword | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Preface | p. xvii |
| What Is "Critical Social Justice"? | p. xvii |
| Chapter Summaries | p. xix |
| Prologue | p. xxiii |
| A Parable: Hodja and the Foreigner | p. xxiii |
| Layers of the Parable | p. xxiv |
| Critical Thinking and Critical Theory | p. 1 |
| Two Dimensions of Thinking Critically About Kno... MORE | p. 2 |
| A Brief Overview of Critical Theory | p. 4 |
| Why Theory Matters | p. 6 |
| Knowledge Construction | p. 7 |
| Example of Knowledge as Socially Constructed | p. 10 |
| Thinking Critically About Opinions | p. 10 |
| Socialization | p. 14 |
| What Is Socialization? | p. 15 |
| Cultural Norms and Conformity | p. 17 |
| "You" in Relation to the "Groups" to Which You Belong | p. 21 |
| Prejudice and Discrimination | p. 28 |
| Prejudice | p. 29 |
| Discrimination | p. 32 |
| All Humans Have Prejudice and Discriminate | p. 34 |
| Oppression and Power | p. 38 |
| What Is Oppression? | p. 39 |
| Social Stratification | p. 41 |
| Understanding the "isms" | p. 43 |
| Internalized Dominance | p. 49 |
| Internalized Oppression | p. 49 |
| Hegemony, Ideology, and Power | p. 50 |
| Privilege | p. 57 |
| What Is Privilege? | p. 58 |
| External and Structural Dimensions of Privilege | p. 59 |
| Internal and Attitudinal Dimensions of Privilege | p. 65 |
| Common Dominant Group Misconceptions About Privilege | p. 74 |
| The Invisibility of Oppression | p. 79 |
| What Is an Institution? | p. 80 |
| An Example: Sexism Today | p. 80 |
| What Makes Sexism Difficult to See? | p. 82 |
| Discourses of Sexism in Advertising | p. 84 |
| Discourses of Sexism in Movies | p. 87 |
| Discourses of Sexism in Music Videos | p. 89 |
| Racism | p. 96 |
| What Is Race? | p. 97 |
| A Brief History of the Social Construction of Race in the United States | p. 98 |
| A Brief History of the Social Construction of Race in Canada | p. 99 |
| What Is Racism? | p. 100 |
| Two Key Challenges to Understanding Racism | p. 102 |
| Racism Today | p. 104 |
| Dynamics of White Racial Superiority | p. 109 |
| Dynamics of Internalized Racial Oppression | p. 112 |
| Racism and Intersectionality | p. 115 |
| Racism as White Supremacy | p. 118 |
| What is Whiteness? | p. 119 |
| White Supremacy in the Global Context | p. 120 |
| Common White Misconceptions about Racism | p. 123 |
| Yeah, But…" Common Rebuttals | p. 130 |
| Claiming That Schools Are Politically Neutral | p. 131 |
| Dismissing Social Justice Scholarship as Merely the Radical and Personal Opinions of Individual "Left Wing" Professors | p. 132 |
| Citing Exceptions to the Rule | p. 132 |
| Arguing That Oppression Is Just "Human Nature" | p. 133 |
| Appealing to a Universalized Humanity | p. 134 |
| Insisting on Immunity from Socialization | p. 134 |
| Ignoring Intersectionality | p. 135 |
| Refusing to Recognize Structural and Institutional Power | p. 136 |
| Rejecting the Politics of Language | p. 137 |
| Invalidating Claims of Oppression as Over-Sensitivity | p. 138 |
| Reasoning That If Choice Is Involved It Can't Be Oppression | p. 140 |
| Positioning Social Justice Education as Something "Extra" | p. 141 |
| Using Guilt to Excuse Inaction | p. 142 |
| Putting It All Together | p. 145 |
| Recognize How Relations of Unequal Social Power Are Constantly Being Negotiated | p. 146 |
| Understand Our Own Positions Within Relations of Unequal Power | p. 149 |
| Think Critically About Knowledge | p. 154 |
| Act in Service of a More Just Society | p. 158 |
| Appendix: How to Engage Constructively in Courses That Take a Critical Social Justice Approach | p. 165 |
| Glossary | p. 180 |
| References | p. 189 |
| Index | p. 200 |
| About the Authors | p. 214 |
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