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grayjay's review against another edition
4.0
This was a great introduction to critical social justice theory concepts and applications. It is targeted towards university students but would be useful to anyone who wants a thorough introduction to concepts in critical theory, social justice, and anti-racism.
lyscrider's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
3.0
lil1smith's review against another edition
2.0
I had to read this book for an Education class I took at school. Both the class and the book weren't really my cup of tea. Just after reading the title of this book I could tell the book and I probably weren't going to get along too well. Which made taking notes for quizzes that much more exciting.
As someone who tends to have *ahem* more conservative values when it comes to the political realm, I found a lot of the topics in here to be frustrating to read, and full of a lot of liberal statements that I didn't necessarily agree with. Which isn't necessarily bad, I think it's good to engage with other perspectives, however, my experience with this book was more frustrating than not. Every now and then I would find myself agreeing with a statement, but that was not a frequent occurrence.
Politics aside, even if I were to agree with the authors, I'm not sure how I would ever feel about using this as a textbook. The authors frequently make very strong statements, but lack when it comes to the evidence, research, and sources department to support their statements. This would be one thing if the authors had significant credentials to their name, while even so, I would still expect to see a significant amount of research and evidence to back their claims. To me, this book seems like a very long opinion piece, backed with a few studies and facts here and there. Which makes for a long frustrating read, and results in a disheartened college student.
As someone who tends to have *ahem* more conservative values when it comes to the political realm, I found a lot of the topics in here to be frustrating to read, and full of a lot of liberal statements that I didn't necessarily agree with. Which isn't necessarily bad, I think it's good to engage with other perspectives, however, my experience with this book was more frustrating than not. Every now and then I would find myself agreeing with a statement, but that was not a frequent occurrence.
Politics aside, even if I were to agree with the authors, I'm not sure how I would ever feel about using this as a textbook. The authors frequently make very strong statements, but lack when it comes to the evidence, research, and sources department to support their statements. This would be one thing if the authors had significant credentials to their name, while even so, I would still expect to see a significant amount of research and evidence to back their claims. To me, this book seems like a very long opinion piece, backed with a few studies and facts here and there. Which makes for a long frustrating read, and results in a disheartened college student.
tessakris's review against another edition
5.0
No question about it- it’s a 5 star book. I read the first edition before so there were some differences in this one. It’s perspective changing book that really changes the way you see the world and our society. It’s especially impactful reading right now with a civil rights movement unfurling.
sboedecker1024's review against another edition
4.0
For an academic, required read, this was a pretty good one. The authors do a phenomenal job of making the content accessible and relatable. For anyone interested in figuring out a) what the hell is going on with SJ in Higher Ed and b) how to enhance the learning that needs to occur, this is a great place to begin.
reasonpassion's review against another edition
1.0
Simplistic to the point of caricature, based on an ideology so limiting to the understanding of humanity through an intersectional lens (otherwise long known within science as multi-variate analysis) that it's a wonder anyone takes this seriously.