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Summary: This book really makes a difference!
Review: I adopted this very readable book as one of several required books for my Multicultural Psychology class and it has had a tremendous impact on my students. Johnson explains the concept of privilege, as it applies to race, gender and sexual orientation, in ways that allow my White students and other students with privilege to hear and understand without getting defensive. He desribes why change is difficult but not impossible, what we can all do to stop supporting "the system" and why we should. I recommend it highly for both college and high school students and the general adult population.
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Summary: This book really makes a difference!
Review: I adopted this very readable book as one of several required books for my Multicultural Psychology class and it has had a tremendous impact on my students. Johnson explains the concept of privilege, as it applies to race, gender and sexual orientation, in ways that allow my White students and other students with privilege to hear and understand without getting defensive. He desribes why change is difficult but not impossible, what we can all do to stop supporting "the system" and why we should. I recommend it highly for both college and high school students and the general adult population.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: I read this book filled with skepticism about what could be done about the problems of prejudice and injustice in our society. Johnson answered my every question and even pointed out ways that I fall short. He writes in a witty, conversational style, using many personal examples. I would recommend this book for absolutely anyone to read. Teachers: use this book in your classes. Mine did, and it has made a huge difference in my life.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: I read this book filled with skepticism about what could be done about the problems of prejudice and injustice in our society. Johnson answered my every question and even pointed out ways that I fall short. He writes in a witty, conversational style, using many personal examples. I would recommend this book for absolutely anyone to read. Teachers: use this book in your classes. Mine did, and it has made a huge difference in my life.
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Summary: good and bad points
Review: Privelege power and differance has many good aspects to it It really provides of how things like racism, sexism and homophia play themselves out in our society and how people can over come these problems. However, the book has a tone of white guilt to it which makes it hard to believe. The book deals with the author's opinions on why capaitism is detructive and so forth. The book is worth reading if you want to objective.
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Summary: Making a difference
Review: This book is powerful! Simply put this is by far the most honest book I have ever read regarding privilege and power. A definite must read for those concerned about race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and social class issues. In his book Johnson ask each of us to deal with these difficult issues, by changing our thinking from "me" to "us", so that we can create a world that is a better place for everyone to live in.
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Summary: ....
Review: This book was a requirement for my English 102 class, a course specifically regarding argumentation and persuasion. This book was used as an example of supposedly effective persuasion tools, I utilized Power, Privilege, and Difference as what not to do. The book is riddled with logical fallacies, most blatantly suppressed evidence and hasty conclusions.
The overtone of his book was one of self-hatred, he seems to have formulated many faulty opinions and feels the need to claim them as fact. I feel that with this publication, Johnson is poisoning the minds of impressionable young adults.
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Summary: Great Content, Gentle Delivery
Review: When I first saw the title for this book, I thought it was going to be another of those books that make you feel sick and worthless once you get to the end. This couldn't have been further from the truth. Allen's book was engaging, gentle, but powerful. It was thorough in describing the impact of power and privilege in a way that can be felt and understood even by those who are not familiar with (or generally interested in) critical studies and sociology. I found this to be a text that I could engage with, but also one that I could share with those who had a hard time seeing the lines of power and how they impact all of our relationships in many different ways. I highly recommend this book both to those who have worked with the material of oppression for a long time as well as for those who are struggling to understand what it's all about. The book is powerful and gentle at the same time - something that is very important when dealing with issues of oppression and equity.
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