Privilege is about more than being white, wealthy, and male, as Michael Kimmel, Abby Ferber, and a range of contributors make clear in this timely anthology. In an era when 'diversity' is too often shorthand for 'of color' and/or 'female' the personal and analytical essays in this collection explore the multifaceted nature of social location and consider how gender, class, race, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, and religion interact to create nuanced layers of privilege and oppression. The individual essays (taken together) guide students to a deep understanding of the dynamics of diversity and stratification, advantage, and power.
The fourth edition features thirteen new essays that help students understand the intersectional nature of privilege and oppression and has new introductory essays to contextualize the readings. These enhancements, plus the updated pedagogical features of discussion questions and activities at the end of each section, encourage students to examine their own beliefs, practices, and social location.
Author(s): Michael S. Kimmel; Abby L. Ferber
Edition: 4
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2017
Language: English
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Toward a Sociology of the Superordinate
part one: seeing—and refusing to see—privilege
1 Checking My Privilege
2 This Response to That Princeton Freshman Should Be Required Reading for White Males
3 Reflections on Privilege: An Open Letter to Tal Fortgang
4 White Privilege and Male Privilege
5 The Invisible Crutch
6 Are admissions decisions based on family ties fairer than those that consider race? Social dominance orientation and attitudes toward legacy vs. affirmative action policies
7 Top Ten Differences between White Terrorists and Others
8 Globalizing Privilege
Discussion Questions and Activities
part two: understanding privilege
9 Privilege, Power, Difference, and Us
10 Becoming 100 Percent Straight
11 Becoming Ever More Monstrous: Feeling Gender In-Betweenness
12 White-Blindness: The Dominant Group Experience
13 Class: Still Alive and Reproducing in the United States
14 The Everyday Impact of Christian Hegemony
15 Just Because It’s Ableist Doesn’t Mean It’s Bad
Discussion Questions and Activities
part three: intersections: the complicated reality
16 Seeing Privilege Where It Isn’t: Marginalized Masculinities and the Intersectionality of Privilege
17 How Gay Stays White and What Kind of White It Stays
18 The Peculiarity of Black Trans Male Privilege
19 Gay and Jewish: The “Advantages” of Intersectionality
20 The Middle Easterner as the Other: The Slippery Slope from Friendly Foreigner to Enemy Alien, Enemy Alien to Enemy Race
Discussion Questions and Activities
part four: making new connections, moving forward
21 Getting Rid of the Word “Caucasian”
22 “Maybe I’m Not Class Mobile; Maybe I’m Class Queer”: Poor Kids in College, and Survival Under Hierarchy
23 We Aren’t Just Color-blind, We Are Oppression-blind!
24 Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection
25 Winning Hearts and Minds
26 An Open Letter to White “Allies” from a White Friend
Discussion Questions and Activities
Index
