"Check your privilege" is a much-used phrase that's often met with defensiveness and even denial. Admitting to benefitting from the oppression of others is a painful truth. In this book, readers uncover truths about privilege and power that can help lead the productive conversations that are necessary to social justice education and beginning the work of accepting responsibility. -- Amazon.com.
Contents
Privilege and power explained -- Examining white privilege -- Intersections of privilege and oppression -- The myths of privilege -- Power and responsibility -- Talking about privilege -- Chapter notes -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index.
