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For over 25 years, Readings for Diversity and Social Justice has been the trusted, leading anthology to cover a wide range of social justice issues. With full sections dedicated to racisms, classism, religious oppression, ableism, youth and elder oppression, and sexism, heterosexism, and transgender oppression, this bestselling text goes far beyond the range of traditional readers. New essay selections in each section of this fifth edition were carefully chosen to keep the topics timely and the readings accessible and engaging for today’s learners. The interactions among these topics are highlighted throughout to stress the intersections between different manifestations of oppression in everyday life. Retaining the key features and organization that has made Readings for Diversity and Social Justice an indispensable text for teaching issues of social justice while simultaneously updating and expanding the book’s coverage, this new edition features: Over 60 new selections on current topics and events such as intersectionality, climate justice principles, settler colonialism, the construction of illegality in migration, food insecurity among college students, Christian nationalism, misogynoir, deaf populations in prison, organizing for police-free schools, and beyond. A newly conceived concluding section that details liberatory, humanizing, embodied, relational, coalitional, and localized approaches and practices for people working for social justice. An updated set of online supplemental materials that expands upon and complements each section through discussion questions, classroom-ready activities, recommended videos, and more. An intentional and urgent focus on the role of collective knowledge, action, and liberation at all levels of society amid a time of profound and destabilizing political upheaval. Offering over 120 selections from some of the foremost scholars in a wide range of fields, Readings for Diversity and Social Justice, Fifth Edition, is a volume