{"product_id":"unraveling-assumptions-a-primer-for-understanding-oppression-and-privilege-paperback","title":"Unraveling Assumptions: A Primer for Understanding Oppression and Privilege - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren L. Suyemoto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoxanne A. Donovan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGrace S. Kim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnraveling Assumptions: A Primer for Understanding Oppression and Privilege\u003c\/em\u003e offers fundamental understandings of concepts and frameworks related to diversity and social justice. Aimed at university and community audiences, it offers an introductory exploration of power, privilege, and oppression as foundations of systems of inequality and examines complexities within meanings and lived experiences of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability, and social class.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter considering why it is so difficult to engage these issues, the authors explore meanings and impacts of power, privilege, and oppression as a primary lens of analysis. Subsequent chapters offer definitions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability and social class, identifying erroneous assumptions and challenging the tendency to oversimplify and decontextualize. Meanings, identities, and effects of oppression and privilege are central foci within each chapter. The book ends with a chapter examining ways that individuals may take action as allies and advocates to resist oppression. Throughout the book, \u003ci\u003eUnraveling Assumptions\u003c\/i\u003e makes connections among individual, interpersonal, and systemic levels of inequality, while focusing on relational and psychological implications for lived experience-including the reader's lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy integrating social science research with concrete examples and personal reflection, this concise, introductory level text\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003einvites the reader to consider the costs of systemic hierarchies for \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e people and envision possible alternatives to participating in oppressive hierarchy. 　\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnraveling Assumptions is a book for students and community to learn about privilege and oppression. The authors' companion book \u003ci\u003eTeaching Diversity Relationally \u003c\/i\u003eoffers process-oriented guidance for educators teaching this material to successfully negotiate the inherent psychological and relational challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaren L. Suyemoto\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Psychology with affiliations in Asian American Studies and Critical Ethnic and Community Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoxanne A. Donovan is a licensed psychologist and Professor of Psychological Sciences jointly appointed in Interdisciplinary Studies at Kennesaw State University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrace S. Kim is Clinical Associate Professor in the department of Counseling Psychology \u0026amp; Applied Human Development at Boston University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783742292256,"sku":"9780367181215","price":84.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2ed7b04af62741794d1c5b854b073784.webp?v=1780593547","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/unraveling-assumptions-a-primer-for-understanding-oppression-and-privilege-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}