Justice matters / Gloria Ladson-Billings.
| Author/creator | Ladson-Billings, Gloria, 1947 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. |
| Description | 172 pages 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Saving the Language of Justice -- Saving Justice in the Midst of Pandemic -- Saving Justice in Curriculum -- Saving Justice in Instruction -- Saving Justice in Discipline -- Saving Justice with Youth Culture -- Saving Justice in Social Activism -- Concluding Thoughts: Dreams versus Reality -- Index. |
| Abstract | Ladson-Billings interrogates the meaning justice, looking at Western notions of justice from Aristotle to Kant to Rorty, alongside Eastern notions of justice, from Lao Tzu, to Rumi to Frantz Fanon and W.E.B. Dubois. She shows how the pandemic has exposed deep injustices in society, and how schooling and the curriculum are largely blind to race, White supremacy, and the racial trauma that plagues marginalized people. She argues that teaching strategies that rely on hierarchy, such as ability groups, tell students who they are and what we expect of them, supposedly doing a 'just' thing but also suggesting that some people are 'less' than others - the very narrative of White supremacy. Schooling is the genesis of exclusion and incarceration, with strategies like classroom exclusion, suspension, and expulsion laying the groundwork for the school to prison pipeline. Offering hope for a way forward, she looks at how hip hop can champion justice, and considers justice in the context of social movements, including Black Lives Matter, MoveOn.org, and #MeToo, and explores the pros and cons of 'hashtag activism'. Ultimately she shows us how justice can and should be the central tenet of education and society, and how we can save it from being ovscured and watered down."-- Page [4] of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-167) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024393014 |
| ISBN | 9781350268821 hardback |
| ISBN | 1350268828 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781350268814 paperback |
| ISBN | 135026881X paperback |
| ISBN | eBook |
| ISBN | ePDF |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |