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Social Justice for the Oppressed Pierre Wilbert Orelus

Social Justice for the Oppressed By Pierre Wilbert Orelus

Social Justice for the Oppressed by Pierre Wilbert Orelus


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Drawing on in-depth interviews conducted with critical educators and prominent intellectuals, this book deeply explores a wide range of social justice issues, including the manner in which race, language, class, and gender discrimination intersect to affect the lives of historically oppressed groups.

Social Justice for the Oppressed Summary

Social Justice for the Oppressed: Critical Educators and Intellectuals Speak Out by Pierre Wilbert Orelus

This book draws from interviews conducted with prominent social justice educators and activist intellectuals, such as Noam Chomsky, Gayatri Spivak, Stuart Hall, Henry Giroux, Antonia Darder, Molefi Asante, and Maxine Greene, to examine various forms of social inequities occurring in schools and society perpetrated by those in power. These educators and intellectuals use examples drawn from both personal and professional experiences and relevant literature to point out the manner in which multiple forms of oppression intersect, in both hidden and visible ways, to affect the lives of oppressed groups and disfranchised communities. This book seeks to shed light on various manifestations of social injustices aiming to inspire critical, radical thoughts for socio-political action leading to educational and social change.

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Social Justice for the Oppressed is an amazing collection of activist intellectual voices for social justice in education that we must cherish and study for years to come. Orelus captures in this volume the wisdom and insight of prominent thinkers of our day that can instigate and motivate action leading to political and educational change. -- Luis Urrieta, associate professor of cultural studies of education, University of Texas at Austin; author, Working from Within: Chicana and Chicano Activist Educators in Whitestream Schools (University of Arizona Press, 2009)
Social Justice for the Oppressed brings together, in one place, the voices and perspectives of some of our nation's most prominent intellectuals and cultural workers around issues of social justice, equity, inclusion, and diversity. It provides insight into how each of these leaders understands and theorizes social justice as well as uncovering its implications for the everyday world of social-cultural groups pushed to the margins. In doing so, these scholars dig underneath the surface to name the underlying structures, narratives, and ideologies that undergird the systemic forces that perpetuate social inequality. In hearing the range of perspectives provided herein, we come to understand the multiplicity of ways in which we can enter-within the contexts and spheres of influence which we inhabit-this critical work ourselves. Social Justice for the Oppressed is certain to illuminate the complexity of this work, inform our own efforts at liberation, and inspire us to pursue a vision of possibility for generations to come. -- Francisco Rios, Dean and Professor, Woodring College of Education

About Pierre Wilbert Orelus

Pierre Wilbert Orelus is associate professor in the curriculum and instruction department at New Mexico State University. His latest books include Race, Power, and the Obama Legacy (Routledge, 2015).

Table of Contents

Foreword: Love, Joy, and Justice William Ayers Acknowledgments Introduction Section One Chapter 1: Re-envisioning Social Justice and Democracy Noam Chomsky Speaks Chapter 2: Questioning the Essentializing Convenience of Generalizations Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Speaks Chapter 3: Institutional Racism and White Hegemony Adolfo Acuna Speaks Chapter 4: Interrogating Class, Racism, and Inequality Antonia Darder Speaks Chapter 5: Re-envisioning the Life of Youth in the Age of Western Neo-liberalism Henry Giroux Speaks Chapter 6: Rethinking Literacy and Schooling in a Capitalist Society James Gee Speaks Section Two Chapter 7: Rethinking Schooling in a Neoliberal Economy Kevin Kumashiro Speaks Chapter 8: Re-defining Blackness in the 21ist Century Molefi K. Asante Speaks Chapter 9: Taking a Stance for Equity and Fairness Maxine Greene Speaks Chapter 10: Anti-colonial Thought and Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Doing George Sefa Dei Speaks Chapter 11: The Politics of Representation: A Social Justice Issue Stuart Hall Speaks Conclusion About the Author About the Interviewees

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NLS9781475804485
9781475804485
1475804482
Social Justice for the Oppressed: Critical Educators and Intellectuals Speak Out by Pierre Wilbert Orelus
New
Paperback
Rowman & Littlefield
2017-02-15
166
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