The Nigger in You: Challenging Dysfunctional Language, Engaging Leadership Moments - Softcover

Wiley, J. W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1579229867 ISBN 13: 9781579229863

Verlag: Routledge, 2013

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"This book is inspiring, challenging, informative and a timeless resource for educators, parents and community leaders. It's the real deal. You'll learn something every time you read it."-- (03/01/2013) "Whether in a classroom, campus or community setting, Dr. J. W. Wiley always enlarges the conversations we need to be having about diversity, social justice and leadership. He does so compellingly with The Nigger in You. As an educator and community activist, I know I will turn to his book as a trusted friend and guide, and recommend you read it. It is right on time."-- (03/01/2013) "Employing arguably the most polarizing epithet in American history, nigger, Dr. J. W. Wiley grabs the attention of those who understand the castigation of racism, but who may not grasp the multiple ways that otherness beyond race is treated in contemporary American culture. The Nigger in You is a spellbinding book that will challenge both the newcomer to diversity studies as well as the veteran of social justice."-- (03/01/2013)

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Is there a "nigger" in you? If you have attempted to avoid and/or escape oppression, been made to feel as if you are a problem, been treated as "lesser than" or even like a criminal, all just because you are different in a given context, then what Dr. J. W. Wiley asserts through the title of this book inescapably applies to you. Through any of our multiple identities-stereotyped, marginalised, or ostracised by our socio-economic class, level of education, gender, disability, age, race, sexual orientation, or religion-we are all potential victims as well as perpetrators of denigrating language and discrimination. Dr. Wiley borrows the agency of nigger, arguably the quintessential, most universally known term of disparagement of those negatively considered the Other, to re-frame the word as no longer just a racial term but one that symbolises many of the ways we disrespect or bully one another, are inconsiderate of one another, prejudge one another, and internalise our demonization. He defines the word in a way that demonstrates its equivalence to other dysfunctional language (retard, bitch, fag, trailer trash, etc.) that suggests that those so targeted are unworthy of consideration in our society. By creating a conversation around such language Dr. Wiley challenges us to recognize that, when we give in to our prejudices and stereotypes, the "nigger in you" is what we are apt to see when we encounter those different from ourselves. The author, who is Director of the Center for Diversity, Pluralism, and Inclusion for the State University of New York-Plattsburg, a Lecturer in Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies, and president of his own consulting business, engages diversity in a uniquely inclusive way and as inseparable from social justice. By dissecting the offensive language we often use, consciously or unconsciously, Dr. Wiley provokes us to recognize that, since every one of us has multiple identities beyond just the colour of our skin, it is virtually impossible for most of us not to have felt the sting of oppression, or the power of privilege that some of those same multiple identities may confer on us. Consequently, it is morally incumbent on us to contest and ultimately transcend oppression wherever we encounter it, to respect the humanity of those different from us, and become allies in the war to protect and advance people's right to be different. Through personal stories, scholarship, poetry, commentary on current affairs, lyrics, and his experiences as a Black man both rooted in African American culture and the culture of the academy who daily has to navigate and negotiate multiple worlds, Dr. Wiley leads us on a journey toward social justice. In doing so, he empowers us-in whatever sphere, private or public, in which we have some agency-to embrace our leadership moments by engaging those who would perpetrate dysfunctional language or behavior, and help create a world in which differences are respected and validated.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1579229867
• ISBN 13: 9781579229863
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 238