Overcoming Our Racism: The Journey to Liberation

This extraordinary book by Derald Wing Sue, a highly-regarded academic and author, helps readers understand and combat racism in themselves. It defines racism not only as extreme acts of hatred, but as any attitude, action or institutional structure or social policy that subordinates a person or group because of their color. This landmark work offers an antidote to this pervasive social problem.

• Shows how each of us has a role in the oppression of others, and what we can do about it
• Offers a way to overcome racism on a very intimate level
• Outlines specific guidelines and suggested activities

Author: Derald Wing Sue
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 07/16/2003
Pages: 316
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781118533659
ISBN10: 1118533658
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Discrimination
- Social Science | Minority Studies
- Psychology | Social Psychology

About the Author
Derald Wing Sue is professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He was president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, the cofounder and first president of the Asian American Psychological Association, and currently president of the Society of Counseling Psychology. He is the author of the best-selling book Counseling the Culturally Diverse, fourth edition 2002 from Wiley.

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