Social Justice, Poverty and Race: Normative and Empirical Points of View

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A clear understanding of social justice requires complex rather than simple answers. It requires comfort with ambiguity rather than absolute answers. This is counter to viewing right versus wrong, just vs. unjust, or good vs. evil as dichotomies. This book provides many examples of where and how to begin to view these as continuums rather than dichotomies. SOCIAL JUSTICE, POVERTY AND RACE: Normative and Empirical Points of View LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF TABLES CONTENTS EDITORIAL FOREWORD PREFACE INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK Part One: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO SOCIAL JUSTICE ONE Barriers to Truth Concerning Social Justice: Towards an Understanding of the Challenging Quest for Social Justice 1. Introduction 2. Fundamental Guiding Assumptions 3. “Moats in Our Eyes:” Barriers Keep Us from Truth 4. Perspective: From What Angle Is Your View? 5. Persistence: Have You Checked Your “Truth” Lately 6. Proximity: Closeness and Concern 7. Peculiarity: The Need to Conform 8. The Solomon Asch Studies 9. The Stanley Milgram Studies 10. Programming Potential 11. Perfection: How Our Lack of It Impedes Our Search 12. Creating a Common Vision: A Win-Win Scenario 13. Conclusion TWO The Limits of Western Democracy: Ethnic Politics and its Constraints for Social Justice in Post-colonial Polyethnic Societies? 1. Introduction 2. The Colonial Pre-Independence Period (1835-1950) 3. Ethnic Division of Labor Force 4. The Indentured Contract Altered Character of Colony 5. The Impact of Ethnic Division on Democracy 6. Possible Way Forward: Mauritius Points the Way THREE Imaginary Leaders: Resolving the Anonymity Problem for Modern Social Activism? 1. Introduction 2. Media Evolution and Activism 3. Credibility and Public Discourse 4. Constructing Credibility in a Text 6. Conclusion FOUR International Perspectives on Social Justice 1. Introduction 2. Social Justice: A Framework from Social Psychology 3. Major Historical Injustices 4. Views on Social Justice from a 43-Nation Study 5. Realism and Post-realism in International Relations 6. Emerging Cultural Influences on Social Justice 7. What Makes Cultural Views Influential? 8. Justice: Abstract or Concrete 9. Personal Experiences of Disparate Cultural Views 10. Conclusions: Value of Cultural Exploration Annotated Bibliography: Suggestions for Reading FIVE Murder on the Bayou: The Demand for Social Justice Following the Death of José Campos Torres 1. Introduction 2. Important Background 4. Impact of the Torres Case (Locally and Nationally) 5. Moving Beyond the Wounds 6. To Change a Nation Part Two TEACHING ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE, POVERTY AND RACE SIX Sociocentric Social Justice: Moving From “I’m Right” to “We’re Connected” 1. Introduction 2. Milton J. Bennett’s Development Continuum 3. The Continuum – Explored 4. The Difficult Part – Assisting Student Development 5. Linking Our Assignments to Stages in the Model 6. Conclusion SEVEN Navigating New Worlds of Social Justice in Teacher Education 1. Introduction 2. Social Justice: The Assignment 3. Tornado Disrupts My World 4. We’re Not in Kansas Anymore 5. Lions and Tigers and Bears—Oh My! 6. Aftermath of the Attack 7. A Foe Unveiled 8. I Will Not Click My Ruby Slippers 9. Conclusion by Karon LeCompte 10. Social Justice Teaching Resources EIGHT Social Justice and Evidence-Based Assessment With the Learning Record 1. Introduction 2. Institutions and Cultural Values 3. An Alternative to This Madness Does Exist 4. The Learning Record A. An Empirical Method B. One Rule C. The Structure of the Learning Record 5. Collaborative, Public, Open Assessment 6. Conclusion NINE Bearing the Burden: Will the Elite be America’s Only College Educated? 1. Introduction 2. Is There Justice in the Financial System? 3. Is There Still a Middle-Class in America? 4. Is There Still a Place for the Middle-Class Student? 5. Is There Myopia in the American Middle-Class? TEN Developing an Understanding of Best Practices for Teaching Undergraduate Students about Poverty 1. Introduction 2. Social Justice: The Assignment 3. Review of Relevant Literature in Teaching Poverty 4. Programs and Approaches to Poverty Education 5. Washington and Lee’s Shepherd Program 6. Baylor University Interdisciplinary Poverty Initiative 7. Rice University Program in Poverty 8. University of California at Berkeley 9. Pedagogical Approaches, Experience Learning 10. Poverty Survey and Simulation Study 11. Literature on Impact of Simulations on Attitudes 12. Niagara University Poverty Survey 13. Data Analysis, Results & Discussion 14. Discussion and Conclusion Part Three PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE, POVERTY AND RACE ELEVEN Social Justice and the Integration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worldviews in Australian Social Work Practice and Education 1. Introduction 2. Who are Indigenous Australians? 3. The Colonization of Australia 4. The Stolen Generation 5. Saying Sorry 6. Social Justice and Australian Social Work 7. Acknowledging the Privilege of Whiteness 8. Aboriginal Elders and Social Workers Share Stories 9. Developing, Teaching and Applying Knowledge 10. Conclusion: A Shared Responsibility TWELVE Can GMO Solve World Hunger? 1. Introduction 2. Review of Literature 3. Discussion and Conclusion THIRTEEN Reconceptualizing the Story of U.S. Cultural Adaptation? 1. Introduction 2. Mainstream Social Scientific Scholarship 3. Social Scientific Theorizing 4. Filling the Critical Scholarship Gap 5. Conclusion FOURTEEN Poverty, Immigration and Latinos in U.S. Texas Colonias 1. Introduction 2. Poverty, Immigration and the Unbanked 3. Financial Access 4. The Built Environment 5. Texas Colonias 6. Colonias in Texas – The Built Environment 7. Colonias- The Unbanked 8. A Successful Experiment: Serving the Excluded 9. Conclusions and Recommendations FIFTEEN Victory in the Fields: César Chavez’s Quest for Dignity and Social Justice for Farm Workers Through Non- Violence and Spiritual Power 1. Introduction 2. Crucial Background 3. Harsh Conditions of Life 4. Moving Up 5. The March & Beyond 6. Conclusion CONCLUSION TO THE WORK WORKS CITED ABOUT THE AUTHORS INDEX VIBS