Privilege in America

Kelly McFaden, PhD, is Professor and Department Head in the Social Foundations and Leadership Education department at the University of North Georgia, USA.Sheri Hardee, PhD, is Dean of the College of Education at the University of North Georgia, USA.

• 1. Background and HistoryCategories of Privilege: Definitions and IntersectionalityWhy Examine Privilege at All? The Example of EducationA Complex History of Privilege and OppressionMethodologies for Examining PrivilegeResearch on Privilege in PracticeControversies and the Climate Surrounding PrivilegeConclusionReferences2. Problems, Controversies, and SolutionsRace, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity-Keystone Pipeline and Social Movements-Black Lives Matter and the Summer of Racial Reckoning-Anti-Asian Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic-The 1619 Project and Nikole Hannah-JonesReligion-Islamophobia in the Wake of 9/11 and Today-Roe v. Wade and DobbsLanguage: The English-Only MovementSocioeconomic Status-The Middle Class in America-Immigrants and Modern Farm Practices in the United StatesSex and Gender-#MeToo-Anti-Trans Legislative AgendaQueerness and Sexual Identity-“Don’t Say Gay” Bill-Obergefell v. HodgesDis(Ability)-Ableism and the COVID-19 Pandemic-#CripTheVote3. PerspectivesUpholding Privilege in U.S. Education Systems: The Invisibility of Immigrant Origin Students in Education Data, Elizabeth DavisHow White Parents Can Resist White Supremacy at School, Kerry Kretchmar and Jennifer L. McCarthy FoubertCan Elite Private Educational Institutions Truly Embrace a Progressive Public Good?, Michelle A. Purdy Privilege for All: Arguments from a So-Called Privileged White Guy, David ForbesHear Me Out… What Privilege Has “Meeka” Really Given Us Thus Far?, Syra YangSelf-Identity and Oppressive Education: A Chinese Female International Student’s Perspective, Jialu FanComplicating the Majority-Minority Paradigm: Race, Class, and Intersectionality in the United States, Christopher HuPrivilege in Youth Mental Health, Kate Parker and Benjamin ParkerFat, Gay, and an Immigrant: A Self-Reflection on My American Life, Olivier le BlondChapter 4: ProfilesPeopleRuth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020)Jean Halley (1967– )Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) Kinney Kinmon Lau (1964– )Kate Manne (1983– )Matthew Shepard (1976–1998)OrganizationsAmerican Civil Liberties Union Autism SpeaksNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People The Trevor ProjectReferences5. DocumentsSojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?,” 1851Brown v. Board of Education, 1954President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964Gloria Steinem Discusses Gender Inequality in America, 1970Lau v. Nichols, 1974President George H. W. Bush Signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990White Privilege and Reparations for African Americans, 2021Understanding Wealth Inequality and Economic Privilege in America, 2021President Donald Trump’s Executive Order Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling, 20256. ResourcesBooks and ArticlesDocumentariesPodcastsReferences7. ChronologyGlossaryIndex