{"product_id":"overcoming-our-racism-the-journey-to-liberation-paperback","title":"Overcoming Our Racism: The Journey to Liberation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerald Wing Sue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis extraordinary book by Derald Wing Sue, a highly-regarded academic and author, helps readers understand and combat racism in themselves. It defines racism not only as extreme acts of hatred, but as \"any attitude, action or institutional structure or social policy that subordinates a person or group because of their color.\" This landmark work offers an antidote to this pervasive social problem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how each of us has a role in the oppression of others, and what we can do about it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a way to overcome racism on a very intimate level\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutlines specific guidelines and suggested activities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'We shall overcome, ' but how? Derald Wing Sue points us to a path. He invites readers to engage him in dialogues to confront the master narrative of American history-- the story that this country was settled by European immigrants and that Americans are white.Taking us beyond the Black and White binary, he illuminates the experiences of Americans of the twenty-first century's society of expanding ethnic diversity.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eRonald Takaki\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eA Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is intended to provoke and challenge, and it succeeds admirably. Sometimes it even made me angry, but it always forced me to think about myself and assess the way I behave.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eArthur Levine\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., president, Teachers College, Columbia University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr. Sue is mapping a warrior's path with a compassionate heart.This book will take the discussion of racism in our society to a new level in which we can finally begin to address it in a manner that will bring deep changes and not just more rhetoric.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eEduardo Duran\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., Apache\/Tewa, author, \u003ci\u003eBuddha in Redface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost of us have internalized attitudes that affect our actions in negative and unfair ways toward people of color. Sue's book allows us to understand those attitudes as well as the white privilege most White Americans do not realize they possess! All thinking people who wish to increase integrity in their interactions with others should read this book!\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eMelba J. T. Vasquez\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., ABPP, past president, American Psychological Association's Society for the Psychology of Women\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis singular book provides racially clueless and sometimes well-meaning people with the tools and context to liberate themselves-- and the rest of us-- from their destructive ways. Though the book centers on racism and whiteness, it also gives an insightful approach to other biased behavior, whether based on gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or other common markers of prejudice. Most important, this book offers all of us the hope that constructive change is not only possible but within our capacity to achieve.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eHelen Zia\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eAsian American Dreams: The Emergence of An American People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'We shall overcome, ' but how? Derald Wing Sue points us to a path. He invites readers to engage him in dialogues to confront the master narrative of American history-- the story that this country was settled by European immigrants and that Americans are white.Taking us beyond the Black and White binary, he illuminates the experiences of Americans of the twenty-first century's society of expanding ethnic diversity.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eRonald Takaki\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eA Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is intended to provoke and challenge, and it succeeds admirably. Sometimes it even made me angry, but it always forced me to think about myself and assess the way I behave.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eArthur Levine\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., president, Teachers College, Columbia University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Dr. Sue is mapping a warrior's path with a compassionate heart.This book will take the discussion of racism in our society to a new level in which we can finally begin to address it in a manner that will bring deep changes and not just more rhetoric.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eEduardo Duran\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., Apache\/Tewa, author, \u003ci\u003eBuddha in Redface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Most of us have internalized attitudes that affect our actions in negative and unfair ways toward people of color. Sue's book allows us to understand those attitudes as well as the white privilege most White Americans do not realize they possess! All thinking people who wish to increase integrity in their interactions with others should read this book!\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eMelba J. T. Vasquez\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., ABPP, past president, American Psychological Association's Society for the Psychology of Women\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This singular book provides racially clueless and sometimes well-meaning people with the tools and context to liberate themselves-- and the rest of us-- from their destructive ways. Though the book centers on racism and whiteness, it also gives an insightful approach to other biased behavior, whether based on gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or other common markers of prejudice. Most important, this book offers all of us the hope that constructive change is not only possible but within our capacity to achieve.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eHelen Zia\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eAsian American Dreams: The Emergence of An American People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerald Wing Sue\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He was president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, the cofounder and first president of the Asian American Psychological Association, and currently president of the Society of Counseling Psychology. He is the author of the best-selling book \u003ci\u003eCounseling the Culturally Diverse\u003c\/i\u003e, fourth edition 2002 from Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733683597619,"sku":"9781118533659","price":39.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TDZzV2JzenBsWnJvRnFoVDJVb0N5QT09.webp?v=1763942552","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/overcoming-our-racism-the-journey-to-liberation-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}