Privilege : A Reader

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. Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Toward a Sociology of the Superordinate, -- By Michael S. Kimmel -- part one introduction: seeing - and refusing to see - privilege -- 1. Tal Fortgang: Checking My Privilege -- 2. Charles Clymer: This Response to That Princeton Freshman Should Be Required Reading for White Males -- 3. Daniel Gastfriend: Reflections on Privilege: An Open Letter to Tal Fortgang -- 4. Peggy McIntosh: White Privilege and Male Privilege -- 5. Jessica Shea: The Invisible Crutch -- 6. Angelica S. Guitierrez and Miguel M. Unzueta: 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. Juan Cole: Top Ten Differences between White Terrorists and Others -- 8. Bob Pease: Globalizing Privilege -- Discussion Questions and Activities, by Abby L. Ferber -- part two introduction: understanding privilege -- 9. Allan Johnson: Privilege, Power, Difference, and Us -- 10. Michael A. Messner: Becoming 100 Percent Straight -- 11. Sonny Nordmarken: Becoming Ever More Monstrous: Feeling Gender In-Betweenness -- 12. Ashley "Woody" Doane: White-Blindness: The Dominant Group Experience -- 13. Diana Kendall: Class: Still Alive and Reproducing in the United States -- 14. Paul Kivel: Everyday Impact of Christian Hegemony -- 15. Cara Liebowitz (That Crazy Crippled Chick): Just Because it's Ableist Doesn't Mean it's Bad -- Discussion Questions and Activities, by Abby L. Ferber -- part three introduction: intersections: the complicated reality -- 16. Michael Kimmel and Bethany Coston: Seeing Privilege Where It Isn't: Marginalized Masculinities and the Intersectionality of Privilege -- 17. Alan Berube: How Gay Stays White and What Kind of White It Stays -- 18. Kortney Ziegler: Peculiarity of Black Trans Male Privilege -- 19. Seth Goren: Gay and Jewish -- 20. John Tehranian: The Middle Easterner as the Other -- Discussion Questions and Activities, by Abby L. Ferber -- part four introduction: making new connections, moving forward -- 21. Carol Mukhopadhyay: Getting Rid of the Word "Caucasian"--22. M.E. Lee: Maybe I'm Not Class Mobile; Maybe I'm Class Queer -- 23. Abby Ferber: We Aren't Just Color-Blind, We Are Oppression Blind! -- 24. Patricia Hill Collins: Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection -- 25. Mark R. Warren: Winning Hearts and Minds -- 26. Caitlin Deen Fair: An Open Letter to White "Allies" from a White Friend -- Discussion Questions and Activities, by Abby L. Ferber Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Toward a Sociology of the Superordinate, By Michael S. Kimmel part one introduction: seeing and refusing to see privilege 1. Tal Fortgang: Checking My Privilege 2. Charles Clymer: This Response to That Princeton Freshman Should Be Required Reading for White Males 3. Daniel Gastfriend: Reflections on Privilege: An Open Letter to Tal Fortgang 4. Peggy McIntosh: White Privilege and Male Privilege 5. Jessica Shea: The Invisible Crutch 6. Angelica S. Guitierrez and Miguel M. Unzueta: 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. Juan Cole: Top Ten Differences between White Terrorists and Others 8. Bob Pease: Globalizing Privilege Discussion Questions and Activities, by Abby L. Ferber part two introduction: understanding privilege 9. Allan Johnson: Privilege, Power, Difference, and Us 10. Michael A. Messner: Becoming 100 Percent Straight 11. Sonny Nordmarken: Becoming Ever More Monstrous: Feeling Gender In-Betweenness 12. Ashley "Woody" Doane: White-Blindness: The Dominant Group Experience 13. Diana Kendall: Class: Still Alive and Reproducing in the United States 14. Paul Kivel: Everyday Impact of Christian Hegemony 15. Cara Liebowitz (That Crazy Crippled Chick): Just Because it's Ableist Doesn't Mean it's Bad Discussion Questions and Activities, by Abby L. Ferber part three introduction: intersections: the complicated reality 16. Michael Kimmel and Bethany Coston: Seeing Privilege Where It Isn't: Marginalized Masculinities and the Intersectionality of Privilege 17. Alan Berube: How Gay Stays White and What Kind of White It Stays 18. Kortney Ziegler: Peculiarity of Black Trans Male Privilege 19. Seth Goren: Gay and Jewish 20. John Tehranian: The Middle Easterner as the Other Discussion Questions and Activities, by Abby L. Ferber part four introduction: making new connections, moving forward 21. Carol Mukhopadhyay: Getting Rid of the Word "Caucasian" 22. M.E. Lee: Maybe I'm Not Class Mobile; Maybe I'm Class Queer 23. Abby Ferber: We Aren't Just Color-Blind, We Are Oppression Blind! 24. Patricia Hill Collins: Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection 25. Mark R. Warren: Winning Hearts and Minds 26. Caitlin Deen Fair: An Open Letter to White "Allies" from a White Friend Discussion Questions and Activities, by Abby L. Ferber. "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"-- "Privilege is about more than being white, wealthy, and male--as Michael Kimmel, Abby Ferber, and a wide range of contributors make clear in this fourth edition of their innovative and 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 are powerfully though provoking; taken together, they help guide students to a deep understanding of the dynamics of diversity and stratification, advantage, and power. The fourth edition features twelve new or newly recast essays that will help students understand the intersectional nature of privilege and oppression. Kimmel and Ferber have also added new introductory essays to contextualize the readings in each section. These enhancements, plus the enhanced pedagogical features of discussion questions and activities at the end of each section, encourage students to examine their own assumptions, beliefs, values, practices, and social location"-- 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 "Privilege is about more than being white, wealthy, and male--as Michael Kimmel, Abby Ferber, and a wide range of contributors make clear in this fourth edition of their innovative and 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 are powerfully though provoking; taken together, they help guide students to a deep understanding of the dynamics of diversity and stratification, advantage, and power. The fourth edition features twelve new or newly recast essays that will help students understand the intersectional nature of privilege and oppression. Kimmel and Ferber have also added new introductory essays to contextualize the readings in each section. These enhancements, plus the enhanced pedagogical features of discussion questions and activities at the end of each section, encourage students to examine their own assumptions, beliefs, values, practices, and social location"-- Provided by publisher